Elon Musk asks voters to brace for 'hardship' as billionaire plans deep spending cuts from potential Trump cabinet post
By Donna October 30, 2024 10:09 am Category: Wild Animals (0.0 from 0 votes)
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"as billionaire plans deep spending cuts"????????????????
You MAGAs are going to allow your Lord & Master to appoint this sociopathic rich-ass mutherfucker to make life even more difficult on working class Americans????????????????????
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In the home stretch of the 2024 election, voters who’ve been weighing both campaigns’ proposals to tackle living costs are now hearing a new pitch from the Republican side: accept some short-term economic pain to rein in government spending.
That message has emerged from former President Donald Trump’s wealthiest backer, Elon Musk, who says that the GOP nominee’s plans to put the U.S. on firmer fiscal footing would likely entail “temporary hardship” for ordinary Americans.
At a virtual town hall event on October 25 held on Musk’s social media platform, X, the multibillionaire Tesla and SpaceX executive said he was “praying for a victory” for Trump, so he could begin working in a high-level cabinet role to axe federal spending.
“We have to reduce spending to live within our means,” Musk said. “And, you know, that necessarily involves some temporary hardship, but it will ensure long-term prosperity,” he said.
["live within "our" means? HA! Trump and his rich co-conspirators should probably hire body guards now if they haven't already. I know that Trump already has them. - Donna]
Many economists agree that Trump’s economic and fiscal proposals could spark an economic calamity, though it is not clear whether they have considered, or given credence, to Musk’s calls for austerity.
In a joint letter released last week, 23 Nobel Prize-winning economists warned Trump’s plans for tariffs, tax cuts and an immigration crackdown — including detaining and deporting millions of people — would “lead to higher prices, larger deficits, and greater inequality.” More than anything, they wrote, Trump would undermine the rule of law and political certainty, “the most important determinants of economic success.”
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