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Musk highlights a staggering example of government inefficiency, citing the US Office of Personnel Management's unused phone lines. Out of 1,048 lines, 19% were either unused or duplicated, costing taxpayers an estimated $100,000 annually to cancel just within an hour. Scaling this up, he suggests that the government wastes around $100 billion per year on such redundant infrastructure, given that these lines represent just 1% of federal expenditures. This data underscores the broader issue of bureaucratic waste that accumulates over decades, as illustrated by a chart showing government spending over the last 43 years.