'IT'S LIKE FLINTSTONES': Elon Musk exposes feds using 'prehistoric' tech to retire employees
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[{'start': '2.960', 'end': '6.879', 'text': "We're back. Part two, the exclusive"}, {'start': '5.120', 'end': '9.519', 'text': 'interview with Elon Musk and the Doge'}, {'start': '6.879', 'end': '11.759', 'text': 'Boys. They took us inside the caves of'}, {'start': '9.519', 'end': '14.719', 'text': 'bureaucracy. Watch this. We heard about'}, {'start': '11.759', 'end': '17.199', 'text': 'a cave. We had federal workers working'}, {'start': '14.719', 'end': '20.400', 'text': 'in a cave.'}, {'start': '17.199', 'end': '21.920', 'text': "That's me. Yeah. Are they Joe's actually"}, {'start': '20.400', 'end': '23.840', 'text': 'been to the cave? Do you want to tell us'}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '25.680', 'text': 'about your your cave? Your caving your'}, {'start': '23.840', 'end': '27.599', 'text': 'caving. I went I went mining.'}, {'start': '25.680', 'end': '29.119', 'text': 'Spelunking.'}, {'start': '27.599', 'end': '30.640', 'text': "Spelunking. So, I've been helping out"}, {'start': '29.119', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'with with retirement. Been helping out'}, {'start': '30.640', 'end': '34.399', 'text': 'with retirement. And a few weeks ago, I'}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '36.399', 'text': 'had a chance to go to the mine. And so,'}, {'start': '34.399', 'end': '38.559', 'text': 'I took a golf cart through security down'}, {'start': '36.399', 'end': '40.239', 'text': 'into the side of a mountain and entered'}, {'start': '38.559', 'end': '42.879', 'text': 'daylight left. And I entered this whole'}, {'start': '40.239', 'end': '45.760', 'text': 'space of caverns and roads. And we get'}, {'start': '42.879', 'end': '48.559', 'text': 'to a metal door. And I open it up. And'}, {'start': '45.760', 'end': '50.760', 'text': 'there in front of me is a sea of filing'}, {'start': '48.559', 'end': '53.120', 'text': 'cabinets from the'}, {'start': '50.760', 'end': '57.440', 'text': "1960s. And I'm walking around, it's"}, {'start': '53.120', 'end': '60.719', 'text': 'super chilly, smells like paper. And uh'}, {'start': '57.440', 'end': '62.239', 'text': 'you know I realized for for as a mine'}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '65.040', 'text': "it's a great mind. It's secure. It's"}, {'start': '62.239', 'end': '66.560', 'text': 'well lit. Uh temperature controlled. And'}, {'start': '65.040', 'end': '68.400', 'text': "so the question we're not ask we're"}, {'start': '66.560', 'end': '70.159', 'text': 'asking is not is this a good place to'}, {'start': '68.400', 'end': '72.400', 'text': "store physical media which it is. It's"}, {'start': '70.159', 'end': '75.400', 'text': 'amazing for that. The question is why'}, {'start': '72.400', 'end': '78.080', 'text': 'are we still using paper in'}, {'start': '75.400', 'end': '80.560', 'text': '2025? So I brought something to show'}, {'start': '78.080', 'end': '82.960', 'text': "you. Yeah. Of what's inside the mind. It"}, {'start': '80.560', 'end': '85.360', 'text': 'it only the the normal process for'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '87.560', 'text': "retirement is over it'll be over six"}, {'start': '85.360', 'end': '90.159', 'text': 'months. So once you file your retirement'}, {'start': '87.560', 'end': '93.200', 'text': "papers that's why it takes six months."}, {'start': '90.159', 'end': '95.840', 'text': 'What what is that? Uh so these are uh'}, {'start': '93.200', 'end': '97.759', 'text': 'replica case folders that people use to'}, {'start': '95.840', 'end': '100.479', 'text': 'retire from the government. And so these'}, {'start': '97.759', 'end': '102.320', 'text': 'are all compiled by hand and moved'}, {'start': '100.479', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'around on carts through the mind. It'}, {'start': '102.320', 'end': '108.880', 'text': 'takes uh many months to do that. And'}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '111.920', 'text': "this one is a single retireese's paper"}, {'start': '108.880', 'end': '113.920', 'text': 'required to leave the government. If'}, {'start': '111.920', 'end': '116.240', 'text': "somebody wants to retire, they can't"}, {'start': '113.920', 'end': '119.759', 'text': 'because it takes 6 months to compile the'}, {'start': '116.240', 'end': '122.719', 'text': 'paper and carry the paper into a mine uh'}, {'start': '119.759', 'end': '124.880', 'text': 'where it is stored. Um and also all the'}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '127.119', 'text': 'calculations are done by hand.'}, {'start': '124.880', 'end': '128.800', 'text': 'Everything has to'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '130.560', 'text': 'reconciled, adjudicated. This is thicker'}, {'start': '128.800', 'end': '132.480', 'text': 'than the Lord of the Rings trilogy.'}, {'start': '130.560', 'end': '134.480', 'text': 'Yeah. And if I had to process this, I'}, {'start': '132.480', 'end': '137.520', 'text': 'would rather do my taxes in the dark'}, {'start': '134.480', 'end': '139.280', 'text': 'than have to go through this. Um, and so'}, {'start': '137.520', 'end': '142.720', 'text': "what we're doing is we're bringing this"}, {'start': '139.280', 'end': '144.879', 'text': 'process online with modern software. And'}, {'start': '142.720', 'end': '147.920', 'text': "uh, I'm excited to share that as of"}, {'start': '144.879', 'end': '150.480', 'text': 'tonight, we have 25 retirees going'}, {'start': '147.920', 'end': '152.160', 'text': 'through an entirely online retirement'}, {'start': '150.480', 'end': '156.000', 'text': 'process in the government for the very'}, {'start': '152.160', 'end': '158.160', 'text': 'first time. It sounds so simple. Yes.'}, {'start': '156.000', 'end': '160.319', 'text': "And and it's great collaboration with"}, {'start': '158.160', 'end': '161.519', 'text': 'retirement services inside OPM. So, this'}, {'start': '160.319', 'end': '163.440', 'text': "has always been their dream and we're"}, {'start': '161.519', 'end': '166.480', 'text': "just here to help accelerate it. That's"}, {'start': '163.440', 'end': '168.680', 'text': 'a pretty fat stack. Was that Kissingers?'}, {'start': '166.480', 'end': '171.840', 'text': 'Oh, no. This the record'}, {'start': '168.680', 'end': '175.160', 'text': 'is almost a I mean several shopping'}, {'start': '171.840', 'end': '179.120', 'text': "carts for there's a whole pallet for one"}, {'start': '175.160', 'end': '180.720', 'text': 'retiree 27 boxes of paper on it for one'}, {'start': '179.120', 'end': '182.800', 'text': "guy. That's the record. I've seen it"}, {'start': '180.720', 'end': '184.959', 'text': 'with my own eyes. Yeah. I mean, it'}, {'start': '182.800', 'end': '187.200', 'text': 'certainly and and it also frees up'}, {'start': '184.959', 'end': '188.800', 'text': "people because we shouldn't have over a"}, {'start': '187.200', 'end': '190.000', 'text': 'thousand people carrying paper into a'}, {'start': '188.800', 'end': '193.519', 'text': 'mine.'}, {'start': '190.000', 'end': '197.440', 'text': 'um that that is not a good use of human'}, {'start': '193.519', 'end': '198.720', 'text': "of people's lives. Um so there are many"}, {'start': '197.440', 'end': '200.480', 'text': 'other things that they could do that'}, {'start': '198.720', 'end': '202.959', 'text': 'would be far more productive than'}, {'start': '200.480', 'end': '206.159', 'text': 'carrying paper into life. If you were to'}, {'start': '202.959', 'end': '209.959', 'text': 'say we have iPhones, did does the'}, {'start': '206.159', 'end': '213.040', 'text': 'government have payones? Like how'}, {'start': '209.959', 'end': '214.840', 'text': 'prehistoric is this technology?'}, {'start': '213.040', 'end': '219.519', 'text': 'Oh yes.'}, {'start': '214.840', 'end': '220.959', 'text': "It's it's it's very pre"}, {'start': '219.519', 'end': '223.120', 'text': "It's very prehistoric. It's like"}, {'start': '220.959', 'end': '225.480', 'text': "Flintstones. It's Flintstone level"}, {'start': '223.120', 'end': '227.680', 'text': "stuff. It's It's so"}, {'start': '225.480', 'end': '231.760', 'text': 'prehistoric. Like dinosaurs would think'}, {'start': '227.680', 'end': '233.840', 'text': 'this is, you know, kind of old. Okay.'}, {'start': '231.760', 'end': '234.879', 'text': "That's how prehistoric it is. Okay. I"}, {'start': '233.840', 'end': '236.879', 'text': 'mean, basically the only thing living'}, {'start': '234.879', 'end': '238.480', 'text': 'was a sponge.'}, {'start': '236.879', 'end': '240.640', 'text': "That's how prehistoric it was. Okay. So,"}, {'start': '238.480', 'end': '242.480', 'text': "we're leaving the Stone Age and we're"}, {'start': '240.640', 'end': '244.400', 'text': 'moving into the golden age. Precambrian'}, {'start': '242.480', 'end': '246.879', 'text': "era is what we're talking about. Okay."}, {'start': '244.400', 'end': '249.760', 'text': 'There was a story I heard about mules.'}, {'start': '246.879', 'end': '252.159', 'text': 'There were mules delivering mail to the'}, {'start': '249.760', 'end': '254.000', 'text': 'bottom of the Grand Canyon, which might'}, {'start': '252.159', 'end': '255.519', 'text': 'not not might not be a bad thing'}, {'start': '254.000', 'end': '258.639', 'text': 'actually.'}, {'start': '255.519', 'end': '260.400', 'text': 'Wait, you have the mule picture'}, {'start': '258.639', 'end': '261.759', 'text': "or it doesn't exist, right? Yeah. Yeah."}, {'start': '260.400', 'end': '263.360', 'text': 'But this in this is a case where'}, {'start': '261.759', 'end': '265.919', 'text': 'actually it might not I think do we'}, {'start': '263.360', 'end': '267.600', 'text': 'agree with the mule or or or should they'}, {'start': '265.919', 'end': '269.120', 'text': 'be modernized? I think it can be'}, {'start': '267.600', 'end': '270.720', 'text': 'modernized.'}, {'start': '269.120', 'end': '273.199', 'text': "There's opportunity for improvement."}, {'start': '270.720', 'end': '275.199', 'text': 'Yes. Right. Okay. Right. Um, so yeah,'}, {'start': '273.199', 'end': '277.120', 'text': "I'm at the postal service. I I think a"}, {'start': '275.199', 'end': '278.639', 'text': "lot of people don't realize that there's"}, {'start': '277.120', 'end': '281.360', 'text': 'actually a law that says that the post'}, {'start': '278.639', 'end': '283.680', 'text': 'office is supposed to like have a'}, {'start': '281.360', 'end': '284.960', 'text': 'balanced budget. Um, there is. Yeah,'}, {'start': '283.680', 'end': '286.560', 'text': "there is. I didn't know that. Yeah."}, {'start': '284.960', 'end': '288.960', 'text': "Right. Well, that's not working, is it?"}, {'start': '286.560', 'end': '290.800', 'text': "No, it's not. So So they're breaking the"}, {'start': '288.960', 'end': '294.000', 'text': "law. They're breaking the law. Um,"}, {'start': '290.800', 'end': '296.000', 'text': 'basically since uh 2007, almost every'}, {'start': '294.000', 'end': '298.000', 'text': "year since 2007, they've they've lost"}, {'start': '296.000', 'end': '300.960', 'text': 'money. Um, so you might ask like what'}, {'start': '298.000', 'end': '303.040', 'text': 'happened in 2007? There was'}, {'start': '300.960', 'end': '306.120', 'text': 'Yeah, there was additional regulation uh'}, {'start': '303.040', 'end': '309.120', 'text': 'that went into place uh that essentially'}, {'start': '306.120', 'end': '312.720', 'text': 'uh crippled them um and put them down'}, {'start': '309.120', 'end': '315.280', 'text': 'this like not good path where uh they'}, {'start': '312.720', 'end': '317.440', 'text': 'essentially are stuck in the past uh as'}, {'start': '315.280', 'end': '319.840', 'text': 'well as bleeding money left and right.'}, {'start': '317.440', 'end': '321.840', 'text': "So like it's great and and we appreciate"}, {'start': '319.840', 'end': '324.000', 'text': 'that the postal employees are are'}, {'start': '321.840', 'end': '326.000', 'text': 'willing to go to the hardest parts like'}, {'start': '324.000', 'end': '328.400', 'text': 'in this country. Um, but we think that'}, {'start': '326.000', 'end': '332.120', 'text': 'we can we can modernize it and and help'}, {'start': '328.400', 'end': '332.120', 'text': 'them become profitable.'}, {'start': '332.240', 'end': '336.000', 'text': 'Uh, right now last year they lost $9 and'}, {'start': '334.080', 'end': '338.560', 'text': 'a half billion dollars. Wow. Yeah.'}, {'start': '336.000', 'end': '342.080', 'text': 'Serious money.'}, {'start': '338.560', 'end': '344.479', 'text': 'We finally meet big balls. Up next.'}, {'start': '342.080', 'end': '346.320', 'text': 'Click here to subscribe to the Fox News'}, {'start': '344.479', 'end': '348.639', 'text': 'YouTube page to catch our hottest'}, {'start': '346.320', 'end': '352.160', 'text': 'interviews and most compelling analysis.'}, {'start': '348.639', 'end': '352.160', 'text': "You won't get it anywhere else."}]