celtic, I respectfully offer this rebuttal.
Do we assume that someone who is a politician, is more qualified to run a department or company than a business owner?
So we assume that appointed cabinet members are more qualified to do their jobs because they were vetted by the exact persons who the unconfirmed will be auditing?
Elon Musk has been confirmed by his track record of success in consistently developing business and creating logical, organized wealth.
The confirmation process within the halls of the congress is political showboating. In both cases, the author of the designee chose them. That is the point that matters. Much like a college degree does not make someone smarter than the person.
I truly doubt that any of Trumps appointed cabinet is balking at what Musk is doing.
We should want people in charge because of authoritive resume success over a certificate or title qualification.
In my humble opinion.
Good day my friend. Just arm wrestling a little.
Nice to hear from you and I certainly respect different opinions when well stated (in contrast to some asinine responses I got).
Agree with you on the confirmation process where it's mostly political. The President should be allowed to pick those in his cabinet but we do need the process to eliminate some candidates. Matt Goetz was a joke (living in Florida we are certainly aware of him).
When you say run a department, I assume you mean in this political sense of cabinet members. That is different from running a company, though certain qualities would be the same. Is a politician more qualified? Depends on their background as some could have owned a business and ran it. But the reality is that appointments are sometimes the whim of the President. I didn't think Betsy Devos was qualified to run the Department of Education. Ironically, she now says it doesn't add value and it's time to end it. Maybe if she could have done a better job, it might be different. (Sorry for getting off track, but it seemed to be somewhat relevant). So it would be nice if the person could be fairly judged, say by a board of directors, regardless of their background.
The vetting should be done by the President (with his advisors). If there are finalists for a position, I don't think we ever hear of it. Remember, the current vetting, and I use that term loosely here, by Senate is too political.
Musk has been successful in business for the most part. But his businesses are not run of the mill so I'm not sure how well he would do running other businesses (not referring to what he is doing with DOGE). Also, I'm not sure how much credit he should get for twitter. I don't consider he has done a great job of running that. They say he's not the head of DOGE, but let's be real. He made a comment about making mistakes and correcting them. How about learning more about this new business (for him) before making mistakes. He admitted that DOGE "accidentally" canceled Ebola prevention funding during an outbreak, but it was quickly restored. What kind of mistake is that? I think if an employee made that decision, he might find himself out of a job.
Regardless of the process, etc. the head of each department (Cabinet) has the responsibility for that department. Obviously, the President picked them because they are going to basically do what he wants. As long as they do that, they should be in charge (if they don't they can be removed). Well, now we have Musk telling them in part how they should do their job. I certainly think they would not be happy with that. Trump had his cabinet meeting today and said that a few members of his Cabinet "disagree a little bit" with Elon Musk. If he's willing to say that, I would guess that the situation is much worse. Like a lot of what is happening, we'll see.
I agree that I don't want someone in charge just because of a certificate or title, but I'm not sure what you mean by authoritative resume. I would like each person to have a resume that would get that person a similar job in the private sector, but that's not necessarily going to happen.
Thanks for the opportunity to respond and express my opinion. They are no easy answers. Take care my friend.
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