The same people who de-funds museums and libraries. Libraries is the 2nd best thing we have in the US; the best, IMO, is our national parks.
Indeed. Most of it can be found in Congress and the Executive branch. Bring back ABSCAM.
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Security Database Used by Apple Goes Independent After Funding Cut [Updated]
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This is quite disturbing to say the least. They are trying to destroy the security standards that everyone follows
Rolling back tax cuts would be an obvious way to do it...
Being undertaxed for so long is a major reason for the problems, as that means interest keeps on growing. A government should be at 0 over time, that means taxing enough to get a surplus in good times and deficit spending when times are bad.
And above all, it means not shooting oneself in the foot as Trump keeps on doing - being ignorant, narcissistic, and vengeful is a really bad combination.
Don't forget excessive social security benefits, medicare and medicaid benefits and all of the other pork the fed has taken on.
You must be referring to the millions of people who are aged 150 and above collecting Social Security and other benefits to the tune of over $100 billion each year 😂
The garbage and lies some people believe in is stunning
It comes from King Elon the Mad and you still believe it? Hilarious.
With our national checking account sitting $36 trillion in the red, I’m pretty sure the major tech giants can afford to pick up the slack. 🙄
Just to state the obvious but... a field in a database doesn't necessarily equal an actual person ending up collecting money. Leaving alone data simply being wrong or not up to date, the field might be set that way for other reasons.
As example, I had to deal with a database of persons where somebody did a report that turned out to be very wrong since a fair number of the "persons" in the database were not real persons but other kind of entities which were just crammed in the same table to serve different purposes. Failing to account for that led to nonsensical results in the report...
To be fair to the US (note I'm most definitely not a Trump fan) why should one country fund this? It's something all countries benefit from. This ought to be funded through ISO or a UN department.
But maybe shift it to a new home first, before defunding it, eh Trumpy?
But maybe shift it to a new home first, before defunding it, eh Trumpy?
You’re correct. It took one simple Google search to debunk Musk’s lies. These records contain people with no date of death so are still listed but not receiving any benefits. The system used by the government was written in COBOL which has certain quirks which further explain it. Musk was looking for a headline to please his boss and feed to his friends in the alt-right media.
Big tech does, sure. But the better question is why should they? CVEs are something that every company with an in-house software team should be aware of, and handling. They help keep the bad guys out at night. Not just big tech, but little tech and everything in-between. Trust me when I say that the NSA and Armed Forces are making use of this database too (both for good and evil).
The amount of money being spent is minuscule compared to the impact this has on the industry.
When people complain that the federal government is throwing away all of its soft power, this is what they mean.
Edit: Perhaps I'm not being forceful enough. This is the computer version of getting rid of paid firefighters because an individual can buy private firefighting insurance. At some point we as a society decided that it was better for everyone if firefighters would respond to all fires, and not just some of them. The CVE list was essentially the digital version of fire fighters.
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Not being American, I am not sure what Presidents pledge when sworn in... but somehow I just imagine, with all the internet chatter about whether or not Trump is senile or not, if he swore to "defend the US", but confused defend and defund... Yes, not the most creative or funny joke... but he is doing a better job at defunding than defending it seems.
It's the central repository for ALL software vulnerabilities. Mobil, desktop, cloud, database....EVERYTHING
Did the Muskrat sit somebody down and let them know this was a bad idea or was he busy finding out who is launching complaints against Tesla and Space X via the data stolen via DOGE’s pilfering of the data from the National Labor Relations Board’s IT systems so he can properly retaliate?
All the stats I read said the size of the US government have stayed pretty much the same size for ages while the population has grown a large amount in the meantime. That's kinda the definition of relatively efficient. At least it's seemingly efficient enough it's worth carefully examining places it might make slight improvements rather than have a tantrum, sack everyone, realize it's a disaster, then work out the best way to try correct it's dumb mistake later (hmmm... sounds similar to the nonsensical tariffs tantrum).
Unfortunately I can't find where I read those stats to actually quote them. I don't like stating facts without traceable numbers, but it seems a quick google shows similar from many unbiased economists, rather than raging party-political speeches. So I'd love to know where the "fact" it's growing and ineffcient came from (other than BS speeches from billionaires who want to avoid any scrutiny by public bodies they'd rather disband).
Unfortunately I can't find where I read those stats to actually quote them. I don't like stating facts without traceable numbers, but it seems a quick google shows similar from many unbiased economists, rather than raging party-political speeches. So I'd love to know where the "fact" it's growing and ineffcient came from (other than BS speeches from billionaires who want to avoid any scrutiny by public bodies they'd rather disband).
They are finding money to try to justify the upcoming Rich people giveaway (i.e. taxcut) that they will announce later in the year as a guise of saving given back to Americans. LOL. Tax cuts for those families $250,000 or less will be temporary while the rich get permanent cuts.
Agree, but I think the Orange Clown is much more to blame; he's responsible.
King Elon was appointed by the Great Orange Leader. So, he's the one responsible. Citizen T. thinks, Elon is a great guy!
Must be true then, I guess.
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Ah yes... only believe when it comes from the party you like. What would you consider a good source of "truth", genuinely curious.
It's a common right-wing talking point, but none of it is actually true. This idea of some massive amount of fraud and corruption happening in the government is fictional, and DOGE has uncovered very little actual fraud.
Russia / Putin
Or they know exactly what they are doing, and they are doing it on purpose.