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Elon Musk: “If it's only 90%, that means that there's $750 billion a…”

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What is your probability estimate of that? I mean. Zero. Okay, so then would you say that the government is 90%? That also would be quite generous. But If it's only 90%, that means that there's $750 billion a year of waste and fraud. And it's not 90%. It's not 90% effective. This seems like a strange way to first principles the amount of fraud in the government. Just like how much do you think there is? (2:29:27–2:29:33)

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Asserts that if government efficiency is 90%, there is $750 billion in waste and fraud annually.

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