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Hernan Bas (American, born 1978), “The 2014 Mr. General Idea Pageant,” 2014

Only 2 percent of the US workforce works for the federal government. If you fired half of them as Musk has suggested that would hit roughly 70% working in military- or security-related agencies.

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