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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    6 months ago

    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?

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

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      6 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.