This makes me want to do math.
$132M is just under 0.05% (one-half of one-tenth of one percent) of $269.8B.
If you were a millionaire, having a net worth of one million dollars, this would be like making a $500.00 donation. Net worth of TEN million dollars? That's a whopping $5000.00 contribution.
So I should give Kamala my salary x 0.0005?
Huh, I've done more already, fElon's a putz.
Not salary, net worth.
Not a huge difference, I think I'm still ahead of him.
Huge difference in tax liability, for sure.
What about the math where Elmo spends this money on ad-buys for X?
Billionaires never simply spend money.
OK.
Buying a social media network: $40 billion
Buying a US election: $0.13 billion
Democracy is fucked.
The guy is pretty fucking dumb, Republicans don't want to subsidize EV purchases, they cut spendings all over the place including space exploration... How does he thinks his condition will improve under them?
He needs Trump to win so he doesn't go to prison.
He never went to prison since Biden got elected, the guy just had to shut the fuck up and be a good citizen that's also working with the government to improve shit!
At this point I'm comfortable saying that that is physically impossible for him.
If Musk has been talking to Putin for the past two years... Maybe he's in hock to Russia? Maybe Putin is strongly suggesting it would benefit Musk's health to make sure Trump is elected?
He bought Twitter and fell down the propaganda rabbit hole.
He got offered a job at the government, that's how.
This is what I keep thinking. If we drew a Venn diagram of hardcore republicans and EV buyers, they would be two distant, non-intersecting circles.
Giving them money would change their stance on these key issues. The state can subsidize all those industries at the same time.
The photos of him on these articles just keep getting better and better.
I came to say they did him dirty with those pics lol
He does himself dirty every time he shows himself in public.
Chief Justice Roberts would be proud
DORK MAGA
Look at that Democratic Deep State RAT!
He sure knows how to waste money. What possible good can it do now? Should have started months ago
It think that represents only 1/1800th of his wealth.
Divide your wealth by 1800 to get some perspective. I’ve spent that much without much thought.
The relationship that you and I have with money is fundamentally different from the relationship these ultra-rich have with money, though. It is an addiction for them. Spending money without a guaranteed return is anathema to them, it just isn't done, no matter how small the amount.
He has a motive behind these expenses. And I really think it is because he is afraid. Terrified, in fact, of what happens after Trump isn't elected.
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