If you have ever worked in a corporation trying to cut the budget you would understand a simple rule:
Cut everything you can as quickly as you can.
Nothing is too small.
The key is momentum. Once you get the ball rolling it gathers momentum and picks off bigger targets along the way.
The hardest part of the task has already been started—the ball has started rolling.
The perfect is the biggest enemy of the good.
Musk is the one that sounds ridiculous when he claims the economy can easily make up for a trillion dollar loss and there simply won’t be any inflation. I can’t decide if he is trying to get out a previous commitment or is really that naive to the overall budgetary process.