DOGE carefully cut:
- NLRB which was investigating employees fired as retaliation for criticizing Musk's actions
- OFCCP which was auditing Tesla for workplace discrimination
- EEOC which had sued Tesla for racial harassment and discrimination
- Five separate Inspectors General who were investigating Musk's companies
- NHTSA which has forced Tesla to perform recalls
- CFPB which had proposed rules that would cover Musk's planned payment product
- USDA (specifically the person investigating Neuralink)
- FDA - also the people investigating Neuralink
- SEC, FTC, and NOAA - again, those with Musk related business were cut
I am not saying that Musk bribed his way into killing nearly all of the regulatory actions he was facing ... but I am not NOT saying that either.
It's pretty clear that DOGE had a lot to do with consolidation of power, and very little to do with cost cutting.
- NLRB which was investigating employees fired as retaliation for criticizing Musk's actions
- OFCCP which was auditing Tesla for workplace discrimination
- EEOC which had sued Tesla for racial harassment and discrimination
- Five separate Inspectors General who were investigating Musk's companies
- NHTSA which has forced Tesla to perform recalls
- CFPB which had proposed rules that would cover Musk's planned payment product
- USDA (specifically the person investigating Neuralink)
- FDA - also the people investigating Neuralink
- SEC, FTC, and NOAA - again, those with Musk related business were cut
I am not saying that Musk bribed his way into killing nearly all of the regulatory actions he was facing ... but I am not NOT saying that either.
It's pretty clear that DOGE had a lot to do with consolidation of power, and very little to do with cost cutting.