This. 100%: “The question isn’t whether someone else’s money could help people. Of course it could. The question is why your money gets to be yours while someone else’s money is a community resource awaiting redistribution.”
How can people not see that he earned it ?!? This is the classic American entrepreneur success story. Let's celebrate his intelligence, tenacity, creativity, and determination. And the fact that several dozen employees who took a chance and stuck around are now sizeable millionaires 🤯. That's the .com IPO dream all my friends in tech had in 2000 😂😂
If Elon’s trillion could solve all the problems in a year, then why can’t the SEVEN TRILLION that the US already spends every year solve anything? Anything? Because some huge chunk of it is wasted on bureaucracy, fraud, and supporting people who are perfectly able to work.
And also, can we note that Elon failed over and over and over before he became successful? So many people now will quit a job because the boss actually expected them to work a full shift but they were tired and wanted to leave early.
Whew! I. A little ranty this morning. I feel better now. 😅
That was EXACTLY my thought. If a trillion dollars could solve all these problems, why haven’t the utterly brilliant Socialist senators done so with OUR trillions? Hypocritical asses is the answer.
Oh now Jenna chimes in with a "Like". It's like she "Liked" the very first comment at 8:05am EST, Went back to bed and then got up an hour ago later and liked all the others. 🤣😜
Someone who says "a trillion dollars could solve this or that problem" has not seemingly been paying attention to current events. Our government spends trillions of our tax dollars and solves virtually nothing. It's not about the money or the problem but about who is trying to solve it, and whether not solving it is more profitable than solving it (see homelessness).
Someone posted on x that the U.S. government spends $1 trillion every 49 days. That would mean they would blow through his entire fortune in 49 days without solving a single problem other than how to make themselves richer.
not tax money its fake money being printed with nothing supporting it whatsoever except the waning fear of our military. a myth iran is busting and the world is watching
Agree 100%. Lots of memes already about Elon being a maker and a giver, while all the congressional idiots bashing him do nothing but tax and take. And also, the governmnet can't make anything, let alone rockets; it has to contract that job out to someone! Elon just happens to make rockets cheaper and better than anyone else so he gets the contracts. I read that it used to cost over $18 million per disposable rocket per launch but now it costs around $2 million and they are reusable. Same economics apply to the satellites that enable wi-fi in remote areas. He gets the contracts because his company gets the results. Bernie and Elizabeth et al are just greedy and jealous. People lined up to to invest in the stock; it was VOLUNTARY! Unlike taxes.
A friend shared that a guy doing work at her house said that Elon got all of his money from Doge....not kidding, the guy was serious.
He also went on about how masks helped so much during covid. In rebuttal, she gave the analogy of mosquitos flying through chain link fences re the lack of mask protection. The guy said she was wrong, and then went into his own analogy about if my friend had a mask on her leg and he peed on her leg, her leg would only get a little wet so she would be protected. He then went on to if he also had a mask on his leg, it would be protective to them both. I'm still unclear in his mind how that works. No, I'm absolutely NOT kidding, this was a real, completely illogical, insane conversation. Of course when continuing to be challenged, the guy shouted he was a "scientist" (he isn't) and then quickly left.
Prior to the IPO release, yes. I just wish I had remembered to sell some other stocks to buy more shares in SPCX, but life ( and a little residual brain fog) got in the way.
Elon could’ve made a helluva super villain. Jeff Bezos might be. Bill Gates, Soros’s and other left wing billionaires definitely are. The first two guys are still adding value - although I’ll never forgive Bezos for bringing Katy Perry back to Earth - but by all means, ban the others.
I'd prefer to ban them all. Musk is the best, so I'm glad he's the richest. But, we'd be better off with a system that didn't continue to concentrate more and more wealth at the top. Not socialism, the free market economy works. Incentives matter, performance must be rewarded, sloth discouraged. I'd prefer a world where all the millions of hard-working, responsible citizens get a bigger piece of the pie, and the ruling class was brought down many pegs. Money is power. Right now it's too concentrated among a few sick individuals who run things to help themselves to more and more. Sooner or later more will wake up. Extreme wealth discrepancy breaks societies.
SteelJ, I think the educations the millions of hard-working, responsible citizens receive is not preparing them to seek out and take risks, but to seek out security in working for risk-takers and to satisfy their wants as if they were needs.
I agree. As a self-employed computer pro for 43 years, I once wondered why so many choose to toil for others instead of themselves. My wise wife long ago woke me up to what you stated - most people just want a job. I don't think it's so much education, it's more a fundamental difference between people.
I believe in the differences in people too: I divide people into ambitious and not. I'm not. I preferred my schlecht govt. job with no opportunities for advancement where all I had to do was eat my steaming bowl of manure mush every day until (forced) retirement.
...BUT, THAT realization; namely, that there is "ambition"--and that it can be a Very Good Thing when used well--was NEVER any part of MY education. I can imagine a number of reasons why "educators" would prefer to teach the fiction than the reality, but I think telling children about it, and similar things about business--like the nature of risk--and the importance of a resume that shows REPEATED failed attempts to innovate, could help the ones gifted with certain talents possibly see them earlier and be braver about starting out. Instead, education seems to be focused entirely on grades. I mourn the planned demise of all the "hands-on" "trades" classes that taught youth the "Joys of Making."
I wonder how many natural entrepreneurs are out there in less-productive jobs, but I am encouraged by stories of people who start businesses "late in life."
we are essentially herd mammals. study the dynamics of a herd of caribou or sheep or horses. a few outliers watching for danger, the rest necessarily eating unaware procreating
The other excuse they’re throwing around for wanting to confiscate what they covet is “most of the wealth came from government-us-so it’s ours”. All the people saying this get ALL of their wealth from government, most of it magically appears in their bank accounts apart from their government salaries.
As Thomas Sowell said: “What exactly is your fair share of what someone else earned?”
This. 100%: “The question isn’t whether someone else’s money could help people. Of course it could. The question is why your money gets to be yours while someone else’s money is a community resource awaiting redistribution.”
Bad ass. 🤬🍑😘❤️
Love Elon! He deserves every trillion dollar. He’s a genius and a philanthropist. I agree with every word you wrote and couldn’t have said it better!
are you also a bill gates fan?
Preach it Sister!
Great post.
"The arithmetic of inequality is infinite—it just stops wherever the person doing the math happens to be standing."
One of the perennially truest things ever said.
Musk is not worth a Trillion in cash. Just on paper. But, a Trillion Thanks to Musk for buying and freeing X from the Propagandists.
How can people not see that he earned it ?!? This is the classic American entrepreneur success story. Let's celebrate his intelligence, tenacity, creativity, and determination. And the fact that several dozen employees who took a chance and stuck around are now sizeable millionaires 🤯. That's the .com IPO dream all my friends in tech had in 2000 😂😂
If Elon’s trillion could solve all the problems in a year, then why can’t the SEVEN TRILLION that the US already spends every year solve anything? Anything? Because some huge chunk of it is wasted on bureaucracy, fraud, and supporting people who are perfectly able to work.
And also, can we note that Elon failed over and over and over before he became successful? So many people now will quit a job because the boss actually expected them to work a full shift but they were tired and wanted to leave early.
Whew! I. A little ranty this morning. I feel better now. 😅
🎯👏💯
That was EXACTLY my thought. If a trillion dollars could solve all these problems, why haven’t the utterly brilliant Socialist senators done so with OUR trillions? Hypocritical asses is the answer.
Everyone paying attention saw the outrage coming, no one who understands anything about finance and economics was troubled by the mile stone.
Oh now Jenna chimes in with a "Like". It's like she "Liked" the very first comment at 8:05am EST, Went back to bed and then got up an hour ago later and liked all the others. 🤣😜
I actually work out every morning immediately after I post😂
Someone who says "a trillion dollars could solve this or that problem" has not seemingly been paying attention to current events. Our government spends trillions of our tax dollars and solves virtually nothing. It's not about the money or the problem but about who is trying to solve it, and whether not solving it is more profitable than solving it (see homelessness).
Someone posted on x that the U.S. government spends $1 trillion every 49 days. That would mean they would blow through his entire fortune in 49 days without solving a single problem other than how to make themselves richer.
100%
not tax money its fake money being printed with nothing supporting it whatsoever except the waning fear of our military. a myth iran is busting and the world is watching
Government would have less to say about how tax money is spent if government had less of our money to spend and no way to print more out of thin air.
THAT is the problem that needs to be solved.
Agree 100%. Lots of memes already about Elon being a maker and a giver, while all the congressional idiots bashing him do nothing but tax and take. And also, the governmnet can't make anything, let alone rockets; it has to contract that job out to someone! Elon just happens to make rockets cheaper and better than anyone else so he gets the contracts. I read that it used to cost over $18 million per disposable rocket per launch but now it costs around $2 million and they are reusable. Same economics apply to the satellites that enable wi-fi in remote areas. He gets the contracts because his company gets the results. Bernie and Elizabeth et al are just greedy and jealous. People lined up to to invest in the stock; it was VOLUNTARY! Unlike taxes.
Can anyone say “Sour grapes?”
A friend shared that a guy doing work at her house said that Elon got all of his money from Doge....not kidding, the guy was serious.
He also went on about how masks helped so much during covid. In rebuttal, she gave the analogy of mosquitos flying through chain link fences re the lack of mask protection. The guy said she was wrong, and then went into his own analogy about if my friend had a mask on her leg and he peed on her leg, her leg would only get a little wet so she would be protected. He then went on to if he also had a mask on his leg, it would be protective to them both. I'm still unclear in his mind how that works. No, I'm absolutely NOT kidding, this was a real, completely illogical, insane conversation. Of course when continuing to be challenged, the guy shouted he was a "scientist" (he isn't) and then quickly left.
I wouldn’t have that guy doing work @ my house going forward 😂
Yeah, the whole peeing on your leg analogy….
unless of course you are incapable of doing the job yourself
Some say IQ is intangible, but clearly you can see the hues of it when people speak.
“Better to let people think you’re a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
lol so often the case
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And he VOTES!
Hard to "LIKE" this, but I owe it to you for sharing it.
I'm just sad that I only had enough cash in my account to afford 10 shares
My understanding is it wasn’t public so you had to work for SpaceX to get in on that
Prior to the IPO release, yes. I just wish I had remembered to sell some other stocks to buy more shares in SPCX, but life ( and a little residual brain fog) got in the way.
Let's not forget: A trillion dollars ain't what it used to be. Heh.
😂
Elon could’ve made a helluva super villain. Jeff Bezos might be. Bill Gates, Soros’s and other left wing billionaires definitely are. The first two guys are still adding value - although I’ll never forgive Bezos for bringing Katy Perry back to Earth - but by all means, ban the others.
I'd prefer to ban them all. Musk is the best, so I'm glad he's the richest. But, we'd be better off with a system that didn't continue to concentrate more and more wealth at the top. Not socialism, the free market economy works. Incentives matter, performance must be rewarded, sloth discouraged. I'd prefer a world where all the millions of hard-working, responsible citizens get a bigger piece of the pie, and the ruling class was brought down many pegs. Money is power. Right now it's too concentrated among a few sick individuals who run things to help themselves to more and more. Sooner or later more will wake up. Extreme wealth discrepancy breaks societies.
SteelJ, I think the educations the millions of hard-working, responsible citizens receive is not preparing them to seek out and take risks, but to seek out security in working for risk-takers and to satisfy their wants as if they were needs.
I agree. As a self-employed computer pro for 43 years, I once wondered why so many choose to toil for others instead of themselves. My wise wife long ago woke me up to what you stated - most people just want a job. I don't think it's so much education, it's more a fundamental difference between people.
I believe in the differences in people too: I divide people into ambitious and not. I'm not. I preferred my schlecht govt. job with no opportunities for advancement where all I had to do was eat my steaming bowl of manure mush every day until (forced) retirement.
...BUT, THAT realization; namely, that there is "ambition"--and that it can be a Very Good Thing when used well--was NEVER any part of MY education. I can imagine a number of reasons why "educators" would prefer to teach the fiction than the reality, but I think telling children about it, and similar things about business--like the nature of risk--and the importance of a resume that shows REPEATED failed attempts to innovate, could help the ones gifted with certain talents possibly see them earlier and be braver about starting out. Instead, education seems to be focused entirely on grades. I mourn the planned demise of all the "hands-on" "trades" classes that taught youth the "Joys of Making."
I wonder how many natural entrepreneurs are out there in less-productive jobs, but I am encouraged by stories of people who start businesses "late in life."
Respect.
we are essentially herd mammals. study the dynamics of a herd of caribou or sheep or horses. a few outliers watching for danger, the rest necessarily eating unaware procreating
Katy Perry 😝🤣😝🤣😝🤣😝
The other excuse they’re throwing around for wanting to confiscate what they covet is “most of the wealth came from government-us-so it’s ours”. All the people saying this get ALL of their wealth from government, most of it magically appears in their bank accounts apart from their government salaries.
As Thomas Sowell said: “What exactly is your fair share of what someone else earned?”