It’s Time to Stop Protesting and Start Asking the Right Questions
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Contributor, GreatDayNews.com
We’re living in a time when passion is high, opinions are loud, and protests seem to echo across every platform — digital and physical. But somewhere in the chaos, we’ve lost something essential: perspective.
Take the recent backlash against Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). A wave of outrage has been unleashed — but what, exactly, are we protesting? That someone is finally asking questions about where our money is going?
Let’s step back.
The United States is currently over $38 trillion in debt. That’s not a typo. That’s trillions — with a “T.” Meanwhile, Social Security is projected to go bankrupt within nine years, and there are more than half a million Americans living without homes on any given night.
And yet, we’re told the richest country in the world “just doesn’t have enough” to ensure basic care for its citizens.
Really?
👀 What Are We Actually Protesting?
I’m not here to defend every decision made by Elon Musk. I’m not here to push a party line or praise Trump’s policies wholesale. But I am here to say this:
At least someone is finally trying to get a handle on our fiscal chaos.
Musk didn’t take a government salary. He didn’t create a new agency to grow the bureaucracy. He took the job for free, stepped into a swamp of wasteful spending, and started pulling back the curtain on just how much is being thrown away — and to whom.
That’s not greed.
That’s not authoritarianism.
That’s accountability.
If we really care about the future of this country, shouldn’t we be asking why our systems are failing — not punishing those willing to take a flashlight into the basement?
💸 Where Is Our Money Going?
Let’s be honest: we all know someone who’s been scammed. Maybe it was a phone call, a fake invoice, a tech support hoax. Maybe it was subtle — a “nonprofit” with glossy ads but no measurable impact.
Now ask yourself: do you believe our government is scam-proof?
Because it’s not.
Billions — maybe trillions — of taxpayer dollars flow through untraceable channels, into programs with no transparency, no oversight, and no measurable results. And every year, Congress passes enormous omnibus bills that most representatives admit they haven’t even read.
These packages are so bloated with special interest pork and donor payoffs that no one really knows what we’re paying for anymore. But they pass them anyway — because “that’s how the game works.”
And we keep footing the bill.
🔍 We Need More Than Outrage — We Need Oversight
It’s easy to get angry when someone disrupts the system — especially when that someone is a billionaire with a blunt personality. But sometimes, disruption is exactly what’s needed.
Instead of criticizing the person pointing out the fire, maybe we should look at why the house is burning down.