Notable because it’s the Wall Street Journal saying this, not some left-of-center publication.

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    No faster way to close the Federal deficit than to collect taxes on billionaires.

    Not that anyone really cares about the deficit. But it’s crazy to see how much money gets thrown away on vanity projects, while we pretend to pinch pennies at DOGE

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      “Pretend”, exactly. DOGE was about canceling investigations into Elon’s criminal activities, both personal and business, as well as stealing financial data from the treasury on all Americans. Financial data which is now leaked of course, due to sheer incompetence.

      Cost reduction was always a flimsy cover for this operation.