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Funniest thing is that Musk isn't getting paid for this. He's literally doing it for shits-n-giggles.

bamboozled 2y ago
He is getting paid in the sense he has a lot of power over everything that happens financially, it's how he will make a lot of money going forwards (if he doesn't get ousted somehow).
cowfriend 2y ago
Shutting down every agency that is investigating his companies is "shits-n-giggles"? Tesla's valuation is 10x the rest of the Magnificent 7, obviously investors think his ties to government are worth something. (edit- valuation means i.e. P/E ratio; I saw the chart about 2 weeks ago so forget the exact valuation metric)
- 4ndrewl 2y ago
  From his pov yes. Look how he treated the press the other day. Closing USAid isn't anything to do with Tesla etc - this is just a rich kid showing how powerful he is.
  - JansjoFromIkea 2y ago
    It's a very powerful person deliberately sabotaging the checks and levers they've to adhere to, with the reasonable possibility that they'll get to outright create the new ones and the probability that they'll at the very least get to heavily influence the new ones from the ground up. What he's getting is worth way more than money.
  - cowfriend 2y ago
    Oh, really? Given that USAID is investigating Starlink? https://oig.usaid.gov/node/6814 https://oig.usaid.gov/node/6814 Going after the Treasury, given that X is moving into finance? https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/elon-musk-doge-cfpb-x-payments-platform/ https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/elon-musk-doge-cfpb-x-payment...
EnergyAmy 2y ago
He's doing it for power, which enables wealth acquisition. Shutting down regulatory agencies that would prevent him from exploiting people for even more gain is the same as a paycheck.
GolfPopper 2y ago
The State Department just decided to order $400 million in "armored Teslas". [1] (Hastily changed to "armored electric vehicles" once it was caught out.[2] As if that fools anyone but fools.) 1. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administrati... 2. https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-forecast-tesla-armored-electric-vehicles-musk/ https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-f...
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He is getting paid in the sense he has a lot of power over everything that happens financially, it's how he will make a lot of money going forwards (if he doesn't get ousted somehow).

cowfriend 2y ago

Shutting down every agency that is investigating his companies is "shits-n-giggles"? Tesla's valuation is 10x the rest of the Magnificent 7, obviously investors think his ties to government are worth something. (edit- valuation means i.e. P/E ratio; I saw the chart about 2 weeks ago so forget the exact valuation metric)

4ndrewl 2y ago
From his pov yes. Look how he treated the press the other day. Closing USAid isn't anything to do with Tesla etc - this is just a rich kid showing how powerful he is.
- JansjoFromIkea 2y ago
  It's a very powerful person deliberately sabotaging the checks and levers they've to adhere to, with the reasonable possibility that they'll get to outright create the new ones and the probability that they'll at the very least get to heavily influence the new ones from the ground up. What he's getting is worth way more than money.
- cowfriend 2y ago
  Oh, really? Given that USAID is investigating Starlink? https://oig.usaid.gov/node/6814 https://oig.usaid.gov/node/6814 Going after the Treasury, given that X is moving into finance? https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/elon-musk-doge-cfpb-x-payments-platform/ https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/elon-musk-doge-cfpb-x-payment...

EnergyAmy 2y ago

He's doing it for power, which enables wealth acquisition. Shutting down regulatory agencies that would prevent him from exploiting people for even more gain is the same as a paycheck.

GolfPopper 2y ago

The State Department just decided to order $400 million in "armored Teslas". [1] (Hastily changed to "armored electric vehicles" once it was caught out.[2] As if that fools anyone but fools.) 1. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administrati... 2. https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-forecast-tesla-armored-electric-vehicles-musk/ https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-f...

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