Apropos of our item 1 above about the runaway train of government spending, Shark Tank investor legend Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary agrees:  Let Elon Musk fix it.

The biggest business in America is the federal government. It’s a business. There’s no question. It’s growing bigger every day. Who has the executional skills and the track record to even look at this problem? Regardless of what elements are going to be cut, he doesn’t have a plan yet. There’s no other individual like Elon Musk…

We’ve got to go find $2 trillion. We’ve got to go find $5 trillion. We’ve got to figure out how to solve this problem. We need every idea…. The concept is, RELEASE THE HOUNDS, let them in there, and then come back with a shopping list of ideas, and let’s debate it. Why not? We need to find some savings. We know the government’s fat.