By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-25 22:39:25 | Updated at 2024-10-01 01:43:14
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CEO Jamie Dimon pushes for a Musk government efficiency commission: ‘We really need to do it’
BPR ^ | September 25, 2024 | Tom Tillison
Posted on 09/25/2024 2:45:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is on board with Elon Musk’s proposed government efficiency commission, calling it a “very good idea.”
“So Elon, this idea about having an efficiency commission, I actually like the idea. I think governments have to become more efficient, more competent and look at when they take money what do they get for it?” Dimon said during an interview with CNBC-TV18 at the India Investor Summit, according to the New York Post.
“I actually think it’s a very good idea,” he added.
According to the CEO, there is a need for such a commission to ensure government accountability.
“We really need to do it. In America, we will do it, I’m sure,” Dimon added. “A lot of the other countries need to do the same thing.”
More from the Post:
The government efficiency commission would conduct a financial and performance audit of the federal government and would look to track down fraud and improper payments made from government programs.
It would then provide recommendations for “drastic reforms” aimed at promoting efficiency, Trump said, with the goal of eliminating fraud and improper payments within six months of the commission being formed.
Former President Donald Trump warmed to the idea right away, saying he would implement a government efficiency commission after Musk endorsed him for president.
“At the suggestion of Elon Musk, who is giving me his complete and total endorsement… I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump told the Economic Club of New York earlier this month.
“Elon, because he’s not very busy, has agreed to head that task force,” the Republican nominee added. “If he has the time, he’ll be a good one to do it, but he’s agreed to do it.”
Not only did Musk suggest such a commission, he confirmed his participation the same day.
“I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises. No pay, no title, no recognition is needed,” he posted on his free speech platform X.
Dimon was also in the news this week for his remarks about how an open border will “destroy” America.
“We have to control the borders,” he said during an appearance on CNBC. “If you do not control the borders, you are going to destroy our country. And so I think that the people who think that somehow this is OK — so now that they are sending migrants into New York… all my super liberal friends now realize what a problem it is.”
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1 posted on 09/25/2024 2:45:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
2 posted on 09/25/2024 3:00:04 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
To: nickcarraway
Remember the Grace commission?
3 posted on 09/25/2024 3:03:03 PM PDT by sopo
To: nickcarraway
I wonder if another round of zero-based budgeting will help.
4 posted on 09/25/2024 3:03:07 PM PDT by ken in texas
To: nickcarraway
Only if the recommended cuts are deep, wide and implemented.
5 posted on 09/25/2024 3:03:16 PM PDT by curious7
To: nickcarraway
Sure, Dimon says that now. But he would be singing a different tune, if it meant less pork and stricter controls on his industry.
To: Gene Eric
7 posted on 09/25/2024 3:17:34 PM PDT by xoxox
To: Gene Eric
Dimon might have a liberal heart but he damn sure has a conservative brain. In many ways that matter - he’s one of us.
8 posted on 09/25/2024 3:18:00 PM PDT by GOPJ (Corrupt ABC referees/mods trying to throw the game to Kamala made Kamala look worse.)
To: nickcarraway
“Elon, because he’s not very busy, has agreed to head that task force,” the Republican nominee added. “If he has the time, he’ll be a good one to do it, but he’s agreed to do it.”
Not only did Musk suggest such a commission, he confirmed his participation the same day.
“I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises. No pay, no title, no recognition is needed,” he posted on his free speech platform X. Dimon was also in the news this week for his remarks about how an open border will “destroy” America.
Good stuff - strong potential team members... powerful and ready to help make America great again.
9 posted on 09/25/2024 3:23:33 PM PDT by GOPJ (Corrupt ABC referees/mods trying to throw the game to Kamala made Kamala look worse.)
To: nickcarraway
He also says the border needs to be shut and that his liberal friends in New York are becoming impatient.
10 posted on 09/25/2024 3:24:38 PM PDT by Luke21
To: nickcarraway
Much of the government bureaucracy is political payoffs to people who made donations or provided services to politicians. They won’t go quietly.
11 posted on 09/25/2024 3:28:04 PM PDT by oldbrowser ( )
To: nickcarraway
If the government refuses to share our values I want them as inefficient as possible when they try to oppress us.
12 posted on 09/25/2024 3:29:11 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
To: nickcarraway
Close entire agencies. Starting with the so-called “Department of Education”
13 posted on 09/25/2024 3:29:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Tom in Seattle
But he would be singing a different tune, if ...
...he thought Harris would win the election.
14 posted on 09/25/2024 3:37:01 PM PDT by Avalon Memories (Joe Biden puts illegal aliens first. I put America first! - Donald Trump, 5/23/24)
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