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The furor over Musk and the USAID cuts seems to be much ado about...not much.

The projected US federal budget deficit for 2025 is 30.1 trillion. The recent cuts to 80-90% of USAID programs amounts to a saving of 54 billion. This constitutes slightly less than 0.2% of the deficit.

I can't understand the media hype, nor can I imagine Musk getting out of bed for anything less than a 10-20% hike on his bottom line at SpaceX or Tesla, but here he is pratting about on stage in self-congratulatory ecstasy with a chainsaw! It's a little like watching an Olympic high diver splashing about in a wading pool - a good spectacle where everyone gets a little wet, but nothing of any real substance transpires.

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