| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children 20:10 - Oct 19 with 4138 views | BelsteadCav |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 22:36 - Oct 19 with 1174 views | RonFearonsHair |
I assume there will be a caveat to prevent the children all immediately selling their share to buy a bullet-proof vest to wear to school. |  | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 22:55 - Oct 19 with 1097 views | StokieBlue |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 20:53 - Oct 19 by J2BLUE |
My big doubt is the mid terms. If the Trump accounts don't happen I could see Musk saying well I was going to but it didn't happen. I would love to see it come off. This is exactly the kind of thing i've been saying he should do when others have said his assets are not in cash. |
It's nothing more than a bribe to try and win favour with the populace whilst being a horrible right wing tw*t. It's not even a big bribe, SpaceX shares are about 200 USD each.
The real question is why are you lapping it up?
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:30 - Oct 20 with 925 views | eirannach_gorm |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 22:31 - Oct 19 by Nthsuffolkblue |
This is an interesting one really.
It would cost him nothing would it? It effectively dilutes the value of the current shares but that will only cost shareholders.
If he were to literally give $10 billion of his own money that still wouldn't really affect him would it (aside from having to liquidate the assets to do so).
The Bible tells the story of the widow's mite which seems very apt here. |
Totally agree with you. This not really costing Musk like giving actually money would ( like he needs to be frugal ). I think it is a cynical method of hooking young people in America into his other worlds dominance scheme. Much like Trump, Musk's needs come first before anything else. His donations have always had strings attached and we're never just for altruistic reasons. He is quite cynical and not a particularly good human being.
https://philanthropyproject.ne [Post edited 20 Oct 15:32]
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:41 - Oct 20 with 898 views | Benters |
Fantastic chap.
God Bless America.
If I had my time again I’d move there. |  |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:42 - Oct 20 with 896 views | Benters |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 20:51 - Oct 19 by Libero |
Maybe he should link up with Ed Sheeran and Mark Ashton... |
Now that’s funny. | |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:54 - Oct 20 with 884 views | J2BLUE |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 22:31 - Oct 19 by Nthsuffolkblue |
This is an interesting one really.
It would cost him nothing would it? It effectively dilutes the value of the current shares but that will only cost shareholders.
If he were to literally give $10 billion of his own money that still wouldn't really affect him would it (aside from having to liquidate the assets to do so).
The Bible tells the story of the widow's mite which seems very apt here. |
You seem to be saying he is going to create new shares to give away? This is not the case as far as I can see. He would be giving away shares he owns.
The total amount of shares remains the same. |  | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 16:05 - Oct 20 with 859 views | NedPlimpton |
How is this a fantastic idea? It's essentially bribery
Someone with loads of government contracts and a vested interest in ensuring the government continues to contract his companies ensures that young people also have the same interests as him. I have no idea how this can be viewed as a good idea.
Also it feels a bit like when U2 gave their music away to everyone through iTunes even if you hated U2! |  | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 16:11 - Oct 20 with 838 views | Whos_blue |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:41 - Oct 20 by Benters |
Fantastic chap.
God Bless America.
If I had my time again I’d move there. |
Even if Nige restores this once great country to its former glories?
What's stopping you creating a new life over there?
You can still post here. |  |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 14:44 - Oct 21 with 667 views | StokieBlue |
Yep, a real top bloke:
https://www.independent.co.uk/
How anyone can still support this guy is beyond me but seems we still have a few around.
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:15 - Oct 21 with 643 views | Dubtractor |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 14:44 - Oct 21 by StokieBlue |
Yep, a real top bloke:
https://www.independent.co.uk/
How anyone can still support this guy is beyond me but seems we still have a few around.
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Its pretty obvious why some people support him. |  |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:22 - Oct 21 with 625 views | SWLondonBlue93 |
I'm sure that will happen around the same time the checks for the DOGE savings get sent out, as the president promised. | | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:26 - Oct 21 with 616 views | J2BLUE |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:15 - Oct 21 by Dubtractor |
Its pretty obvious why some people support him. |
Assuming that is about Musk, I don't support him. I've said repeatedly that I think he's a cock. He is another Trump, a thin skinned man baby.
However, i've been scathingly critical of the likes of Musk for not doing more good with their wealth only to be told that his assets are not liquid. I have mocked those people and said he could easily give away shares so now he is claiming he will, I support the idea and will wait to see if he actually does it. There is a big difference between supporting someone's individual actions and supporting them in general. He is clearly a nasty piece of work with a massive ego and tissue paper skin.
None of the above aimed at you, just a convenient place to make the point. [Post edited 21 Oct 18:04]
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 18:35 - Oct 21 with 524 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:41 - Oct 20 by Benters |
Fantastic chap.
God Bless America.
If I had my time again I’d move there. |
The land of milk and honey!
Amazing country. |  |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 18:41 - Oct 21 with 494 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:26 - Oct 21 by J2BLUE |
Assuming that is about Musk, I don't support him. I've said repeatedly that I think he's a cock. He is another Trump, a thin skinned man baby.
However, i've been scathingly critical of the likes of Musk for not doing more good with their wealth only to be told that his assets are not liquid. I have mocked those people and said he could easily give away shares so now he is claiming he will, I support the idea and will wait to see if he actually does it. There is a big difference between supporting someone's individual actions and supporting them in general. He is clearly a nasty piece of work with a massive ego and tissue paper skin.
None of the above aimed at you, just a convenient place to make the point. [Post edited 21 Oct 18:04]
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Yeah but why are you lapping it up? |  |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:13 - Oct 21 with 458 views | J2BLUE |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 18:41 - Oct 21 by GlasgowBlue |
Yeah but why are you lapping it up? |
Can't see who has said that so must be someone on my div list.
I suspect it's because i'm an easily fooled racist rather than anything more nuanced.
I would not be at all surprised if Musk sits down for his next interview and says it's dependent on the Republicans winning the mid terms. If he does go through with it though, I can't criticise him for doing the exact thing I have been saying he should do. No doubt there is at least some sort of cynical motivation. There is for most businesses. A good example if the number of US companies who quickly abandoned their engagement with Pride month once Trump was back in office. | | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:16 - Oct 21 with 447 views | Dubtractor |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:13 - Oct 21 by J2BLUE |
Can't see who has said that so must be someone on my div list.
I suspect it's because i'm an easily fooled racist rather than anything more nuanced.
I would not be at all surprised if Musk sits down for his next interview and says it's dependent on the Republicans winning the mid terms. If he does go through with it though, I can't criticise him for doing the exact thing I have been saying he should do. No doubt there is at least some sort of cynical motivation. There is for most businesses. A good example if the number of US companies who quickly abandoned their engagement with Pride month once Trump was back in office. |
Re your last point. A sizeable % of the human race are really sh1t people, unfortunately.
My faith in human nature gets lower with each passing year. | |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:22 - Oct 21 with 420 views | J2BLUE |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 18:35 - Oct 21 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
The land of milk and honey!
Amazing country. |
Not sure someone on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 (unchanged for 17 years despite massive inflation) who gets 11 days holiday per year and has to fund their own health insurance would agree. | | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:28 - Oct 21 with 397 views | J2BLUE |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:16 - Oct 21 by Dubtractor |
Re your last point. A sizeable % of the human race are really sh1t people, unfortunately.
My faith in human nature gets lower with each passing year. |
I'm picturing a horse shoe. | | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:30 - Oct 21 with 393 views | eireblue |
Maybe he is trying to catch up with Bill Gates. |  | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:34 - Oct 21 with 374 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:22 - Oct 21 by J2BLUE |
Not sure someone on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 (unchanged for 17 years despite massive inflation) who gets 11 days holiday per year and has to fund their own health insurance would agree. |
The average salary is about 40% higher than the UK. | |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:39 - Oct 21 with 347 views | J2BLUE |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:34 - Oct 21 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
The average salary is about 40% higher than the UK. |
How does that help someone working at Walmart? | | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:46 - Oct 21 with 317 views | Swansea_Blue |
Clever from Musk. He future proofs Space X from any future regulation by making 70 million young Americans financial stakeholders with a vested interest in SpaceX's success. And that’ll be on top of the huge tax breaks he can get from income offsets and by gifting shares he’ll probably increase his stock value but get out of capital gains tax too.
A nice shot in the arm for Trump too ahead of the mid-terms where all polls show him tanking. So in short, financial benefits for Musk, reputational/branding benefits for Trump.
If they actually cared about US children they could have done something similar to the child trust funds we did here which weren’t tied to a corporation and didn’t have very restrictive clauses. [Post edited 21 Oct 19:50]
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:47 - Oct 21 with 312 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:39 - Oct 21 by J2BLUE |
How does that help someone working at Walmart? |
I am not for one moment going to argue that people in low-income jobs are not in great shape here. I guess it's worth noting, 30 states have above federal minimum wage legislation, 20 do not.
Many of those earning Fed Min wage are likely in the service industry and make quite a lot more on tips, some students etc can earn incredible money doing that.
A quick look suggests it's 1% of hourly paid workers that are on fed minimum wage. | |
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| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:57 - Oct 21 with 289 views | J2BLUE |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 19:47 - Oct 21 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I am not for one moment going to argue that people in low-income jobs are not in great shape here. I guess it's worth noting, 30 states have above federal minimum wage legislation, 20 do not.
Many of those earning Fed Min wage are likely in the service industry and make quite a lot more on tips, some students etc can earn incredible money doing that.
A quick look suggests it's 1% of hourly paid workers that are on fed minimum wage. |
Yea it's like everywhere else really isn't it with different levels. At least in the UK there is universal healthcare though.
I would imagine the US is amazing if you're in the top 20-30% of earners and have a bit of financial sense. Seen a lot of posts on the likes of Reddit of people really struggling. There seems to be a growing backlash amongst service workers that you shouldn't be eating out if you don't tip some obscene amount. Is that something you are seeing? I don't mean those obviously fake AI generation ones on social media with fake notes on receipts etc. | | | |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 20:02 - Oct 21 with 274 views | reusersfreekicks |
| Musk to give away 10 billion to American children on 15:41 - Oct 20 by Benters |
Fantastic chap.
God Bless America.
If I had my time again I’d move there. |
Let me know if you need a lift to the airport |  | | |
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