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Assuming Mark Zuckerberg coughs up 30 billion somehow, who gets that money? Like really, and where does it go to? Serious question.

SecretDreams 2y ago
Trump's kids?
- brandall10 2y ago
  "Zuckerberg offered much less and hoped Trump would back him up." I wouldn't be surprised if a certain amount was offered through backchannels to his family, and someway, somehow, Trump didn't have the influence over this case like was expected.
  - potato3732842 2y ago
    If you're looking to open a factory or build an apartment (or any other single digit million dollar thing that some government official can discretionarily double the cost of by being obstinate and forcing you to drag them through court) building one of the first things you do is internet stalk the key government officials figure out who their friends are and kick off a bunch of $200-2000 donations to whatever stuff the people around them are involved in (middle school drama club, local animal shelter, etc, etc). With hundreds of millions at stake I would be very surprised if they weren't doing this and more.
transcriptase 2y ago
The treasury. It basically means 30 billion fewer dollars will need to be conjured for outgoing payments.
- dylan604 2y ago
  Oh look, here's how we can pay for that tax cut for the über wealthy! Thanks Zuck!!
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AlotOfReading 2y ago
As far as I'm aware, the FTC's collections are unencumbered, so they just go into the general fund along with things like taxes. That's used to finance the basic and ongoing operations of the federal government. Collections by other agencies are sometimes earmarked by Congress to do things like set aside x% of collections to fund further enforcement actions or divert a bit into something like the SEC's whistleblower fund.
- philipallstar 2y ago
  The bureaucracy must expand to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
CyberDildonics 2y ago
"Who gets it" and "where does it go" are the same question.
zelphirkalt 2y ago
It could be well invested in areas preventing social media addiction, like education for example.

SecretDreams 2y ago

Trump's kids?

brandall10 2y ago
"Zuckerberg offered much less and hoped Trump would back him up." I wouldn't be surprised if a certain amount was offered through backchannels to his family, and someway, somehow, Trump didn't have the influence over this case like was expected.
- potato3732842 2y ago
  If you're looking to open a factory or build an apartment (or any other single digit million dollar thing that some government official can discretionarily double the cost of by being obstinate and forcing you to drag them through court) building one of the first things you do is internet stalk the key government officials figure out who their friends are and kick off a bunch of $200-2000 donations to whatever stuff the people around them are involved in (middle school drama club, local animal shelter, etc, etc). With hundreds of millions at stake I would be very surprised if they weren't doing this and more.

transcriptase 2y ago

The treasury. It basically means 30 billion fewer dollars will need to be conjured for outgoing payments.

dylan604 2y ago
Oh look, here's how we can pay for that tax cut for the über wealthy! Thanks Zuck!!

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AlotOfReading 2y ago

As far as I'm aware, the FTC's collections are unencumbered, so they just go into the general fund along with things like taxes. That's used to finance the basic and ongoing operations of the federal government. Collections by other agencies are sometimes earmarked by Congress to do things like set aside x% of collections to fund further enforcement actions or divert a bit into something like the SEC's whistleblower fund.

philipallstar 2y ago
The bureaucracy must expand to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

CyberDildonics 2y ago

"Who gets it" and "where does it go" are the same question.

zelphirkalt 2y ago

It could be well invested in areas preventing social media addiction, like education for example.