First.....as a response to all the Debbie Downers. It's a Representative Republic. You have more power than you realize. Sack up and participate in the direction of your country.
As the Declaration of Independence states.... "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." (it doesn't have to be violent)
Secondly, Elon has been on the job for a couple of weeks and found 100s of billions in "questionable" expenses. Social media is already starting to see angry citizens beginning to talk about a tax revolt. Do you think he's not going to find more over the next few weeks when they open the books into DOD, HUD, Medicare, etc?