Can Elon Musk Cut Two Trillion Dollars From the US Budget?

Can Elon Musk Cut Two Trillion Dollars From the US Budget?

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are heading up Donald Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency which plans to take aim at wasteful government spending. On the campaign Elon Musk claimed that he could cut two trillion dollars in government spending. What would those cuts look like and how likely is Elon Musk to succeed? Does Elon Musk have too many conflicts of interest to do this job? Subscribe to Patrick's interview channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@PBoyleInterviews Patrick's Books: Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0 Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF Corporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Ways To Support The Channel Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyle Additional Reading: Jetson Leder-Luis Website: https://sites.bu.edu/jetson/ False Claims Act Reporting: https://www.justice.gov/civil/report-fraud The Economist: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/11/20/governments-are-not-going-to-stop-getting-bigger Reid Hoffman in The FT: https://www.ft.com/content/a3a329ee-8c9a-4abd-add2-eb7d56f4c108 Visit our website: https://www.onfinance.org Follow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://twitter.com/PatrickEBoyle Business Inquiries ➡️ sponsors@onfinance.org

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