Musk and Vivek warn Republicans to support spending cuts

 Newsmax:

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And during his recent visit to Capitol Hill, Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy delivered a warning to Republicans who do not go along with their plans to slash spending as part of Trump's proposed Department of Government Efficiency.

"Elon and Vivek talked about having a naughty list and a nice list for members of Congress and senators and how we vote and how we're spending the American people's money," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said.

Trump's second term comes with the specter of the world's richest man serving as his political enforcer. Within Trump's team, there is a feeling Musk not only supports Trump's agenda and Cabinet appointments, but is intent on seeing them through to the point of pressuring Republicans who might be less devout.
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It will take discipline to impose the spending cuts necessary to get the budget into balance.  That is something that neither party has been willing to do in recent years. 

See also:

Team effort: Americans are brimming with DOGE cost-cut ideas for Musk and Vivek

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 The idea of saving up to $2 trillion to reduce our $36 trillion national debt and to rein in our near $2 trillion annual deficit has great and widespread appeal.

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And:

 DOGE Asks Twitter for Examples of Government Waste and WHOA, NELLIE Do People Have Some Ideas

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