I'll kick things off in this story with a compliment of sorts to Sen. Chuck Schumer, who has recently admitted that, yes, there is wasteful spending in the federal government:
SEN. SCHUMER: "Of course, there's some wasteful spending, but you don't use a meat axe & cut everything!" pic.twitter.com/OcN1insYsA
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 19, 2025
Schumer's been in Congress for decades, knows there's wasteful spending, and has never cared to do a damn thing about it. Actually Chuck only wants to make the waste worse, which is why Schumer and the Democrats are sweating like a teenage boy whose mother says she's going to look under his mattress because of what DOGE is doing.
This week, Schumer, who works in a federal government that's closing in on $40 trillion in debt, had the audacity to lecture Elon Musk and DOGE about what a "good business operator" would do:
CHUCK SCHUMER: "No good business operator would take the slash and burn approach DOGE is taking..." pic.twitter.com/AvbITsSkPc
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 26, 2025
For starters, a "good business operator" wouldn't let their company get $37 trillion in debt (nor could they).
Chuck Schumer has never run a business.
— Carl Gottlieb (@c_cgottlieb) February 26, 2025
Trump's team contains a lot of people who have actually accomplished things in the private sector, which makes it extra special when career politicians who have never operated a lemonade stand tries to lecture them about good business practices.
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If this was a business.
— RCole (@rcole012) February 26, 2025
The bankruptcy proceedings would have started a long time ago. And the company would be sold for parts.
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I've always thought an entertaining reality show would be to take lefty politicians such as Schumer, Bernie Sanders and maybe a couple members of The Squad and have them run a private sector business for a month. Well, probably less than a month because it would go under before the four weeks passed.
In the federal government context, what a "good business operator" (voters) should do is vote out Schumer and the rest who are fully content to keep driving the country off a cliff.