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Date Posted: 13:33:16 02/08/25 Sat
Author: Try again
Subject: Everyone working in the Executive Branch is unelected except the President and VP. Congress appropriates funds to the Executive Brunch but does not line-item spending items. The Executive Branch does that.
In reply to: . 's message, "His unelected buddy Musk has been gutting agencies and funding authorized by the legislative branch and is now trying to ignore orders from the judicial branch. The Constitution has checks and balances for a reason. A president is not meant to be a king." on 09:27:53 02/08/25 Sat

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You literally make no sense. Look at the federal budget. It's not just a random number given to the President. Spending is approved for specific purposes. (NT) -- Smh, 18:27:08 02/08/25 Sat
- It is not as detailed as you think. Executive agencies have more discretion than you think. Congress didn’t line item which NGOs USAID should find. (NT) -- em, 05:25:30 02/09/25 Sun
  - I'm aware of that, but Congress does appropriate funds for specific purposes, and an unelected, unconfirmed bureaucrat like Musk doesn't get to change that. The heads of all the other executive departments are confirmed by Congress and are subject to Congressional oversight. (NT) -- He should be too, 07:12:18 02/09/25 Sun
    - Well, maybe. But most federal positions don’t require confirmation. This is really just a taking point. Dems can’t complain about Trump running the executive branch so they complain about MUsk not being elected. (NT) -- Straw Man fallacy, 19:50:46 02/09/25 Sun
      - Most federal positions don't grant a person high-level access to numerous departments, allowing them to lock out current employees and change computer codes with no transparency. Are you really so deluded that you don't care about our Constitution being trampled? (NT) -- Such nonsensical arguments, 14:03:49 02/10/25 Mon
        Hmm. Seems like an unvetted, non-elected federal government worker had access and power to shut down a country. The left was fine with that. Dr. Fauci. (NT) -- Hypocrites., 19:21:15 02/11/25 Tue
        The difference is that Fauci couldn't force states to do anything. That's why some states reopened before others and had different mask mandates. Musk's actions are taking away state power (NT) -- ., 09:04:57 02/13/25 Thu

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