Ann Skeet

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“There are a lot of questions that are brought up by his [Elon Musk] stated goal of streamlining the government and by some of the metrics that he's put out. [And that's] before he's done any of his initial analysis. Musk's willingness to make cuts just speaks to an arrogance that because you've been successful in one domain, that doesn't mean he can be successful in another domain. A skeleton staff manning the federal government will impact how consumers will interact with the government - whether or not airplanes will be safe to fly and cars will be regulated in the correct way and sort of just will people get their tax returns on time. Having somebody who is a beneficiary of government decision-making, you know, in a role to decide which parts of government to streamline, is somebody who is fundamentally conflicted. What's happening here is problematic. Elon Musk has built-in obvious conflicts of interest because the companies that he is associated with have relationships with the very government that he is now going to come in and try to make more efficient.”

Aljazeera

Director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in California