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Far-left Senator Elizabeth Warren sent Elon Musk a long list of suggested cuts for the consideration of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which leads for the Trump administration, and took the opportunity to criticize the initiative as well as the CEO of Tesla, whom has attacked several times in the past. .
In a letter dated Thursday, Warren told Musk has “very serious concerns about both the DOGE process and policies” that Musk has “discussed publicly to date,” saying that “it is not clear that you and other DOGE leaders can identify and mitigate your conflicts of interest and adhere to -there are common sense ethical standards.”
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and founder of several other companies, is the richest man in the world. (Photo by Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The Democrat of Massachusetts She said DOGE “appears to be a hotbed for corruption, allowing well-connected billionaires to push government policies that enrich them while hurting ordinary Americans,” and said she is “disturbed by the dangerous proposals.” presented by the committee so far.
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“But your broad point — that the federal government spends trillions of dollars on unnecessary spending — is correct,” Warren said. “And if you’re serious about working together in good faith to reduce government spending, in a way that doesn’t hurt the middle class, I have proposals for your consideration.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images)
He went on to list 30 ideas to save taxpayers money, including cutting unnecessary spending at the Defense Department, more price controls for Medicare, breaking up health care conglomerates, and eliminating or reducing federal spending for charter schools and closing tax loopholes for the rich
Warren said her proposals would cut at least $2 trillion in federal spending over the next decade.
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Warren has called for investigations into Musk and his businesses several times in recent years, and last month wrote a letter to Trump’s transition team demanding answers about what he said were the “conflicts of interest” of Musk to lead DOGE.
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The pair’s spats have also spread on Musk’s social media platform X, where Musk has dubbed her “Senator Karen.”
“You remind me of when I was a kid and my friend’s angry mom was yelling at everyone for no reason.” Musk responded to Warren on X, then on Twitter, in 2021. “Please don’t call me the manager, Senator Karen.”
