Who said I did? I'm fine with fraud waste and abuse being eliminated. Funding the richest man in the country is also abuse!
By "funding him", do you mean the Biden admin purchasing services from him instead of his competitors?
No I mean the 7500 per car tax incentives. Battery production and storage money. I thought climate change was fake? Why are we spending money on fake green shit like teslas and batteries. Why are we propping this bs up?
Everyone that I know or heard of accepts all money from the government or other entities. Everyone also does everything they can to pay as little taxes as possible. He is no different than anyone on the planet. If it’s available then people take all that they legally or sometimes illegally can. If Elon takes government money illegally then that’s an issue.
Not that any of us are at that spot, but I thought it was pretty common knowledge that at some point money is no longer a motivator. On a smaller scale I'm sure many of us pay "something" we could do, but at our point of wealth we may pay someone to do it because we consider it cheap enough. I can't imagine having the money that Trump or Elon have...to do anything ...anytime they want without adding to their wealth.
All good questions, but Musk isn't the one who implemented those foolish policies.
Why did NOAA exist? NOAA wasn't about the USA. The earth's oceans are not the USA. The earth's atmosphere is not the USA. NOAA was a bunch of nerds who were squealing about global warming. It's like the Dept of Education, a bureaucracy created with no purpose.
I don't have access to all of the information needed to make an educated decision on this matter. Frankly, neither do you.
So, he's only doing this to benefit himself. Even though Space X had been doing business with and getting money from the government for 15+ years? JFC you take the carrot almost as bad as @BNIBoiler
So you're opposed to updating our air traffic communication systems with something that already exists and is better because?????I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED, PART II:
Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system
A satellite company owned by Elon Musk is on a possible fast track to take over a large federal contract to modernize the nation’s air traffic communications system.apnews.com
Due to the recent issues with the FAA, Space X were most likely going to get these contracts no matter what. This is nothing more than the liberal media spinning a narrative because their overlords are angry that Trump's teams are cutting off their crooked funding.I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED, PART III:
Musk's SpaceX Lands FAA Contract -- Conflict of Interest Be Damned
Elon Musk's SpaceX landed an FAA contract to use Starlink after the billionaire fired hundreds of the agency's employees.www.rollingstone.com
I totally agree. I am no multi millionaire, but feel that way myself. I quit working at 61. Felt I had enough money to do what I wanted for the rest of my life. No need to try and make more and save more for what? If you have some money and don’t spend it it’s like not having any. So many of my friends complain about the price of this or that when some have more than I do. So hard to understand for me as I don’t get it.
Space X has already proven to be able to do things at several magnitudes more efficiently than our Federal government has ever been able to come up with. Are you suggesting that we say F it and keep throwing money and fuel out the window because, hey there might be a conflict of interest?
So a deal struck at the end of the Biden administration has you all up in arms. Hmmm, you know what this smells like to me? Smells like a plan from the exiting administration to make Musk look bad since they knew DOGE was coming..
I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED, PART V:
Tesla's $400 million armored EV US gov contract was indeed shady
New information about the $400 million US government contract for “armored Tesla” vehicles that was reportedly put on hold makes...electrek.co
Look, I get it. People don't like the optics, and I'll admit that there's conflicts of interest. However, Musk is the best person that I'm aware of to do all of the things he's being asked to do. Are we saying that we shouldn't hire the best just because he does some business with the government? Not to mention that what he does for the government, they could have never achieved on their own. (the last sentence is in reference to Space X and it's abilities far superior ability to launch rockets)
FFS, this isn't the first time in US history this type of thing has happened. It goes back to at least 1924.
@Katscratch Here's a pertinent quote from this article as well.
The voters knew that Musk came with Trump. The voters absolutely voted for this.
Again, Musk can't do anything other than make recommendations. SO, he cannot do what you claim here.
I usually agree with what you have to say, but can't disagree more when it comes to Musk and DOGE. There's no hiding what's going on. It's all in the open and he has no real power.
I'm confused as to what you're upset about here? They found 4.7T in spending that isn't labeled and thus can't be traced. SO they changed the rules to state that everything must be labeled going forward, that way we can trace where the money goes. Are you saying this is a bad thing?
DOGE says it found nearly untraceable budget line item responsible for $4.7T in payments
DOGE identified a nearly untraceable code linking payments to the U.S. Treasury to a budget line item, accounting for nearly $4.7 trillion in payments.www.foxnews.com
Dude, you're making the same mistakes these lefties are making on here. Hand wringing over not 100% correct data is petty. Mistakes get made. We are all human.
And he's produced some of the most amazing products this country/world has seen. FFS
Your getting pissed over a savvy business man taking advantage of government programs. What came first? Must getting government funds or the government making the funds available?
ALL Democrat programs. ALL Climate Bullshit programs. Get mad at the morons that made these available, not the person that played the game.
No it isn't. Soros has never provided anything meaningful first of all. Soros is known for using his money to topple governments. Soros made money on other people losing money. Soros also supported DA's all across the country that refuse to prosecute crimes that have caused looting and assaults to run rampant, because they don't get prosecuted. Soros is a total piece of shit.
That goes to ALL EV manufactures. Not just Musk. What do you want him to do, sell Tesla so he can work on DOGE for the limited time he will be there?
Who said his ideas are bad? Why put up your own money if the government is willing to do it for you? Musk did nothing more than be a savvy business man. Stop hating.
Yes, NOAA is a major source of the Climate Change farce. THAT needs to stop because the narrative has already done irreparable damage, but we need to stop it before it goes too far. It's time to get back to sanity.
Why don't you look up Kash's experience and then come back and admit the obvious, that you don't know what you are talking about.
This is the problem when knuckle dragging idiots get involved with science. You can't make predictions for things like hurricanes, dod operations in the arctic, etc... without a lot of data. You can't make a generic north American weather forecast without data from Canada. You know NOTHING about NOAA.
