Elon Musk on “Taxes, Taxes, Taxes, Taxes" — Is the Government Spending Too Much?

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ENVYisEVIL@reddit (OP)

What have you done with your life to make you feel superior to him?

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shittymanbun@reddit

Well first off, I don't say 'um' and 'yeah' every few words. I guess another accomplishment would be that none of my children hate me. Cool that you have a rich hero though!

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K3V0o@reddit

Hmmm is it possible to criticize and not like someone who is richer than you? Its a hard concept but try to wrap your mind around it.

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Eyerishguy@reddit

Hell to the Yeah!

"Minimum Government. Maximum Freedom!"

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UuuBetcha@reddit

This is obviously in good-faith, coming from the guy who has lined his pockets with 100’s of BILLION$ of our tax dollars 🙃

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Fippy-Darkpaw@reddit

Would you rather Musk spend money on rescuing stranded NASA astronauts?

Or would you rather the current US government spends tax dollars on bombing Gaza to rubble, starting WW3 with Russia, and importing murderers like the dude who just murdered Laken Riley? 🤷‍♀️

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UuuBetcha@reddit

How much did it cost to import Laken’s murderer??

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Fippy-Darkpaw@reddit

Several thousand at least. He got put up in hotels and then flown from NY to Georgia where he hunted down a college girl.

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This is the answer. Should government be more effective sure. What does that look like is a good argument to have. But for HIM of all people to harp on this when everything he’s done has been with US tax dollars is fucking rich.

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EditorStatus7466@reddit

This has got the same energy as Trump going out and admitting he uses taxoopholes. In this regard they're more moral than any other bsstard who pushes for more taxes for their benefit.

He's a businessman, not an idiot. If he wasn't willing to get that easy funding, someone else would do it

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Large-Lab3871@reddit

100% . There aren’t many people who would not if they could. If I could use loopholes to save or make me money I would for sure. It’s not illegal to do so.

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just_a_un@reddit

This is it. If there weren’t government funding for big businesses they wouldn’t get tax dollars. They are right for taking advantage of it, everyone would. Shut it down!!!

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UuuBetcha@reddit

You must love Brett Farve

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Obvious_Scratch9781@reddit

Sometimes the thief wants to shut the door to others after they have stolen all they can.

Tesla wouldn’t be around without the US federal tax money and California tax money, that’s for sure.

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UuuBetcha@reddit

Yes this. But Elon plans to steal more still. He just doesn’t want to contribute HIS tax dollars to the pile he’s stealing from.

Anyone who believe that this admin wants to lower taxes for middle class is a mark.

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mcnello@reddit

Did you throw away the "stimulus" check the government sent you in 2020?

You realize that those checks were inflationary, right?!

Hypocrite!!!

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UuuBetcha@reddit

Those checks were a cup of coffee. Elon’s subsidies are a mountain of cocaine. But go off king.

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wilhelmfink4@reddit

“B-but Muh LiBertArIAn” imagine not voting for this as a “libertarian” you know who you are.

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Shakturi101@reddit

Are we nuking military, social security, Medicare, and Medicaid to help offset the decreased tax revenue?

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Unverifiablethoughts@reddit

You should look into the reckless spending of our military. Particularly the navy.

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Significant_Donut967@reddit

As an army vet, when I was in I watched senior leaders waste so much fucking tax dollars.

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt@reddit

Sir, why do we need a new Cocobolo desk for your administrative assistant?

Well son, if we don't spend 100% of our budget this year, we won't get a bigger budget next year.

Isn't that an incredibly wasteful self-fueling monster that will trigger rampant runaway spending?

My brother at ensures me that's just fear mongering.

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt@reddit

Yes please.

We could cut a full 1/3 of our military budget and still outspend Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia combined... by a factor of 2:1. We spend entirely too much on our military.

Social Security is a ponzi scheme. No, literally, it's a ponzi scheme. If it were not mandated by law, it would have collapsed a long time ago.

Medicare and Medicaid need significant reform, because the amount of bloat and waste is absolutely asinine. They're basically slush funds for big pharma.

So yes, please, slash all of it.

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GOAT718@reddit

Decreased tax rates, don’t automatically equate to decreased revenue.

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt@reddit

We spend $9 Trillion a year. $2 Trillion of that on deficit.

Of course we spend too much.

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Significant_Donut967@reddit

This dude who's whole corporations are founded on "I'm gonna take as much money as I can from other people without paying back into the system".

Fuck musk, fucking corporate statist.

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beast_mode209@reddit

I hate that anyone would be mad at this.

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NotADogIzswear2020@reddit

It isn't that I believe people are mad at this...or even him, IMO. They probably find it funny that somebody whose companies depend on government subsidies is talking about government efficiency.

Do I hope that the oxymoronic department of government efficiency actually makes progressive cuts....hell yeah!

But I am not holding my breath

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Paranoid__Android@reddit

He has argued several times that Tesla does not need subsidies, rather subsidies should be cut and let Tesla and others evolve to the point where its a viable business without.

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afropuff9000@reddit

Classic case of pull the ladder up behind you once you’re at the top.

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tonymontanaOSU@reddit

The fact that anyone in an actual position to do something about it is talking about cutting government spending is incredible and should be applauded. This is a good thing

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Rvtrance@reddit

If he wants to push for less capital gain taxes (which I’m sure he is) then I’m fine with it. It’s how I make most of my money and now I’ll keep more of it. But I am hopefully cautious, I guess you could say, about Elon. That much money that close to that much power is a scary prospect. I want the government to help everyone (by staying out of their business) not just the richest of us.

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Positive-soap66@reddit

But but who’s gonna pay for the roadsssss 🤬

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mcnello@reddit

We have $36 trillion in road debt /s

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oracleofnonsense@reddit

lol. I was talking to someone about the “super expensive $65million high school”that I being built in my state.

I was like — We gave Ukraine/Isreal $100 billion this year. That’s 30 super expensive new high schools in every state. I wonder why people are complaining.

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Movedonnerlikeabitch@reddit

Thats a lotta nice roads /s

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SkinnyPuppy2500@reddit

I think you mean, but without government, who will mismanage that massive amount of tax money so inefficiently, that we will need new taxes to pay for the roads and bridges that are crumbling.

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Formal_Avocado972@reddit

I want to help purge government waste. This is the only acceptable political message

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Tricky-Lingonberry-5@reddit

I mean he is obviously a very smart and successful guy. But don't forget that he manipulated liberal environmentalists to buy Tesla, then later he started manipulating conservative base to gain political power. So please don't melt when he starts talking about reducing government spending.

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Retiredandold@reddit

Manipulated?? You mean like Ford Manipulates people to buy F-150’s or Ferrari manipulates douches to buy red cars?? What the hell are you smoking?

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ENVYisEVIL@reddit (OP)

”What the hell are you smoking?”

Woke-crack

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