On instincts and the appointed office

Musk could use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment | Elon Musk | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/30/elon-musk-government-efficiency-self-enrichment

If Musk recommends cuts to government spending on rural fiber optic broadband – as he has repeatedly suggested – it directly increases the value of Starlink’s satellite internet services.

Levin suggested that Trump could order Bead funding to be withheld indefinitely as soon as he takes office, even though Congress has authorized the funding.

Doing so would violate the 1974 Impoundment Control Act, a law Trump fell afoul of in his first term that ultimately resulted in one impeachment. But Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will co-lead the commission to reduce the size of the federal government, argued in a Wall Street Journal editorial last week that Trump should pursue impoundment when he deems it necessary.

“Mr Trump has previously suggested this statute is unconstitutional, and we believe the current supreme court would likely side with him on this question,” they wrote.

I must first reckon this as a conspiracy theory. So let’s discuss it. Unthinkable usage of appointed office. My readers, you know I don’t take sides without reasonable instincts. Will Musk abuse his his appointed position when he should be using it to investigate horrific civil rights crime against this differenting x? He won’t dare. As usual, I am on the side of truth, decency and a smarter more humane world. Wherever you are in the world, please support the free books for life cause and music by ril. So worth it.