Amid Elon Musk’s whirlwind campaign to cut thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in government services in the name of efficiency, a bombshell report Wednesday revealed a staggering amount of taxpayer cash that goes directly to him.The richest man in the world is one of the biggest earners paid ...
  • PhoreTwunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    A deep dive into government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits found the South African billionaire has reaped $38 billion dollars of government cash.

    • nocturne@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      3·
      17 hours ago

      Conservatives identify as rich people, even when they are dirt poor, so they imagine someday they will get their big government handout.

      • Jax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        16 hours ago

        Wondering how long until words like ‘leeches’ become classified as slurs on xitter.

  • _core@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Well, we found where the waste is and didn’t even need DOGE for it. Let’s cut them both.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, Musk businesses, with the exception of twitter, always seems to be built around government income sources/incentives/grants etc.