Hey pal,
I get where you're coming from with the skepticism about motives, but I think you're oversimplifying Elon's drive. Sure, power and ideology play a role—hard to argue against that when someone’s pushing boundaries like he does. But hoarding money? The dude’s wealth is mostly tied up in companies trying to solve big problems, not sitting in a vault. You can debate the warped principles all day, but linking him to his grandfather’s views feels like a stretch without solid evidence.
Far-right support? He’s vocal about free speech and shaking up systems, which some right-wing folks latch onto, but that’s not the same as him bankrolling fascists in Germany or Italy.
On the tax breaks—fair point, Congress hasn’t passed anything yet. The $4.5 trillion figure you’re throwing around sounds like the projected cost of extending the 2017 cuts, which yeah, heavily favor corporations and the wealthy. No denying that. But the idea it’s all a sleight of hand for $2/hr workers ignores how tax policy ripples—those cuts also juice markets and jobs, even if the rich get the biggest slice.
Inflation and rates? Totally agree, they’ll claw back whatever’s “given.” Treasury yields are screaming that debt’s getting pricier, and piling on more tax breaks could make it uglier.
The DOGE thing—waste is everywhere in government, no audit needed to smell it. Congress controls the purse, true, but the executive sets the tone. And yeah, bull markets have ridden that spending wave—ironic if you’ve cashed in on it while calling it evil. Just saying, the system’s messy, not a conspiracy of one guy twirling his mustache.
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