Musk's fortune consists of $38 billion in government contracts. Cancel them all.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Why?

This is why.

 

[Marener]

most tax payers are for a space program....we realize the technology that comes from it....

Name one technology that came from the US space program in the last 20 years.

 

[Orangecat]

Our country supports democracy and democratic institutions around the world.
I can see why that would upset the authoritarians.

Let’s support them rhetorically instead of financially. Our debt is too great to be doling out borrowed money to foreign entities.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Our country supports democracy and democratic institutions around the world.

I can see why that would upset the authoritarians.

Who doesn’t support Democracy around the world? What we don’t support are bribes and payoffs in various forms under the guise of supporting “democratic institutions around the world”

I can see why that would upset corrupt mindsets.

Democracy can be supported without deceiving the American taxpayer and; in some cases, profit from it.

 

[justoffal]

“Elon Musk and his cost-cutting U.S. DOGE Service team have been on a mission to trim government largesse. Yet Musk is one of the greatest beneficiaries of the taxpayers’ coffers.

Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.”

MSN

Let’s have some real savings and cut Musk off completely.

He also paid the world's largest single tax payment at over $11 billion. He employees tens of thousands of people who all pay payroll taxes. I mean what the fuck are you talking about? Do you even know?

 

[marvin martian]

contracts, so the USG pays him for a service he provides, that is how 100% of all businesses operate.

any proof he got any loans, subsidies?
possible he got a tax credit, you do his taxes?......no so you are just speculating

So what is your issue exactly?

His issue is terminal TDS.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Name one technology that came from the US space program in the last 20 years.

geezus marener are you serious?....

In the last 20 years, notable technologies derived from the space program include advancements in rocket technology, miniaturized electronics, advanced materials like graphene, improved solar power systems, highly efficient life support systems, and sophisticated satellite communication networks, all contributing to innovations in various fields like healthcare, telecommunications, and energy production.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

He also paid the world's largest single tax payment at over $11 billion. He employees tens of thousands of people who all pay payroll taxes. I mean what the fuck are you talking about? Do you even know?

Everybody knows except head-in-the-sand trumpanzees. Fact is you don't want to know or care, you prefer ignorance.

 

[justoffal]

NGAS.....

SOMEBODY STILL NEEDS TO DO THE JOB.

 

[Marener]

geezus marener are you serious?....

In the last 20 years, notable technologies derived from the space program include advancements in rocket technology, miniaturized electronics, advanced materials like graphene, improved solar power systems, highly efficient life support systems, and sophisticated satellite communication networks, all contributing to innovations in various fields like healthcare, telecommunications, and energy production.

That’s so vague it’s totally meaningless.

Moreover, who cares if we have better rockets? Who cares if we have better life support systems. Americans don’t need rockets and life support systems. Supporting a space program so we can have better space programs is circular logic.

Everything else can be handled through commercial endeavors. We don’t need to waste taxpayer dollars on it.

 

[BackAgain]

This is why.

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No no I wasn’t seeking a meme representation of your tragic retardation.

 

[justoffal]

That’s so vague it’s totally meaningless.

Moreover, who cares if we have better rockets? Who cares if we have better life support systems. Americans don’t need rockets and life support systems. Supporting a space program so we can have better space programs is circular logic.

Everything else can be handled through commercial endeavors. We don’t need to waste taxpayer dollars on it.

Complain to Congress the space program is a lot older than Musk.

 

[Marener]

Complain to Congress the space program is a lot older than Musk.

Congress doesn’t matter anymore. Musk is the one cutting waste.

 

[justoffal]

Congress doesn’t matter anymore. Musk is the one cutting waste.

But he's not the one who invented The space program. If he cut it you'd be the first one to scream about it.

 

[Lastamender]

“Elon Musk and his cost-cutting U.S. DOGE Service team have been on a mission to trim government largesse. Yet Musk is one of the greatest beneficiaries of the taxpayers’ coffers.

Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.”

MSN

Let’s have some real savings and cut Musk off completely.

Good luck with that, you incredible dumbass.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Don't give out tax breaks and the debt will get paid faster.

Nope. There is a spending problem. Leftists never want to cut spending.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The US has become an oligarchy, that's what has happened, it's over, the United States is over, we're turning into another Russia.

 

[Marener]

But he's not the one who invented The space program. If he cut it you'd be the first one to scream about it.

He didn’t invent USAID either but he destroyed it.

I’d say USAID helped a lot more people than the space program. Although the space program does help some people, namely Musk.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

He didn’t invent USAID either but he destroyed it.

I’d say USAID helped a lot more people than the space program. Although the space program does help some people, namely Musk.

It's beyond insane that even when you explain to these people that Musk is deciding which competing contracts to cancel, that they cannot grasp that that is the epitome of a conflict of interest.

When Musk is cutting agencies who were seeking to hold SpaceX accountable for breaking regulations and they refuse to see that for what it is.

The trumpanzees here though are a minority, they spend time here because they are extreme sycophants and they do not represent the majority of Republican voters, it's important to understand that most of the republican defenders hare are a minority even by republican standards.

Many of those being fired are Trump voters, never expecting this degree of extremism, even though they were warned (Project 2025) they never took it too seriously.

 

[Moonglow]

Nope. There is a spending problem. Leftists never want to cut spending.

Both Clinton and Obama cut spending.