this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2024
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Enough Musk Spam

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You might recall that Elon Musk claims to hate taxpayer subsidies. They should all be “deleted.” Except for the subsidies given to his companies (sometimes for doing nothing), of course.

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[–] teft 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Its weird that people worth billions ask for handouts. If you’re worth a bunch why can’t you leverage your resources instead of asking for everyone else’s?

[–] Chocrates 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They got rich(er) by "abusing" systems and using tax payer money. Why would they want to change?

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Their entire personality is their wealth. It's a numeral measurement what they think success is.

The whole Forbes richest man thing made billionaires even more crazy, as they now have dickfights over stealing more wealth from workers.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 5 months ago

And yet the GOP always talks about how people shouldn't expect handouts.

[–] SuckMyWang 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This Elton Musk guy seems a bit hypocritical

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 5 months ago

I'm starting to think there might be reasons not to like him.