Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“Elon Musk has been running wild with his DOGE team, on the one hand pretending shock over facts that were always public information, and on the other hand getting into our tax, banking, and medical records where he has no business being. However, the unifying theme of his quest is supposedly to shut down the deep state, and by some accounts, dismantle the federal government. Many liberal types are all too willing to accept the latter claim. The idea is that Musk and his crew somehow want a world without government. This is self-serving crap that no one who is not on his team should ever accept. These self-imagined libertarians want government for all sorts of things.” (02/11/25)