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Reply #15 - Jun 17th, 2026 at 10:43am
 
Gordon wrote on Jun 13th, 2026 at 9:21am:


How much of Musk’s fortune has come from government financial assistance? Almost all of it.
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Reply #16 - Jun 17th, 2026 at 1:43pm
 
The Male Lesbian Gaze wrote on Jun 13th, 2026 at 9:36am:
Scott Galloway has an interesting take:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1704598767403425


Robert Reich knows a thing or two:

"On May 1, for example, the Nasdaq 100 implemented a new “fast entry” rule that will include companies among the top 40 most highly valued companies — which will almost certainly include SpaceX.

Presto! A big chunk of Americans’ retirement savings and pensions (as well as university endowments) will automatically be tied to SpaceX’s market value. At the same time, all that automatic infusion of investment will artificially jack up the value of SpaceX, at least in the short term.

But here’s the real kicker. SpaceX insiders — such as Musk and, reportedly, senior Trump officials — will be able to sell their shares sooner than is usually the case with an IPO, because that’s the way the IPO has been organized. Which means they can enjoy the stocks’ upward tide as the major indices force millions of investors to buy it, and then they can exit SpaceX before the tide goes out.

If this sounds to you like a Ponzi scheme, it does to me, too. Even worse, it’s a Ponzi scheme that’s been rigged by Musk, with the acquiescence of Trump’s Securities and Exchange Commission, to require that I and probably you put some of our savings into SpaceX."

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musks-galactic-ripoff






They all do it, Proud Gay. Sleepy Joe made a killing from his book sales.

They're all as bad as each other, no?
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Reply #17 - Jun 17th, 2026 at 1:49pm
 
Armchair_Politician wrote on Jun 17th, 2026 at 10:43am:
Gordon wrote on Jun 13th, 2026 at 9:21am:


How much of Musk’s fortune has come from government financial assistance? Almost all of it.


So? Elon went to work for the US government for three months, dear. He saved the American taxpayers $200 mil.

And do you know? Not once did he ask for a single day's pay. He didn't even ask for lunch.

That's gotta be worth a few hundred bil, no?
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