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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElon Musk admits Trump's plans will collapse the U.S. economy, says that it's necessary for everyday Americans to
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Elon Musk admits Trump's plans will collapse the U.S. economy, says that it's necessary for everyday Americans to experience "temporary hardship"
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applegrove
Oct 2024
OP
Fuck you Eloon, you soulless evil POS! Time for you to pay your fair share or GTFO.
OMGWTF
Oct 2024
#16
Many Americans will lose everything they have, but that's a sacrifice Musk is willing for them to make.
tanyev
Oct 2024
#21
Figarosmom
(12,027 posts)1. F*CK HIM.......
That way they would make the worker happy to just be a slave for room and board after losing everything.
Native
(7,360 posts)2. What a piece of shit.
struggle4progress
(126,177 posts)3. "Billionaire Wants Ordinary People to Suffer"
JoseBalow
(9,494 posts)6. "Billionaire Doesn't Give a Fuck About You"
Blue Owl
(59,120 posts)4. Go fuck a buzzsaw, Leon
Dave Bowman
(7,169 posts)5. He's an evil and stupid clown.
Javaman
(65,723 posts)7. there will be nothing "temporary" about it. fuck off space nazi. nt
Basso8vb
(1,230 posts)8. We're coming for you, Elon.
Enough is enough.
Midnight Writer
(25,416 posts)9. "We have to destroy the village in order to save the village."
Somehow, I bet Musk's part of the village will be left intact, and the part of the village left to the rest of us is what will be destroyed.
angrychair
(12,291 posts)10. Only correct response
EAT. THE. RICH.
live love laugh
(16,384 posts)11. Fuck Threads, Zuckerberg and Musk ... for starters
sheshe2
(97,645 posts)12. From the article
While previous leaders have avoided openly endorsing policies that might hurt working Americans, Musks comments reveal a different approach, where short-term pain is not only acknowledged but welcomed. Critics argue that this planprioritizing austerity over growthcould destabilize the economy and deepen inequality, impacting essential services for millions of families who rely on public support. But Musk and Trumps perspective appears to frame these hardships as collateral damage in a broader strategy for long-term prosperity.
Meanwhile, under the Biden-Harris administration, the U.S. economy has seen record growth. This month, The Economist called the U.S. economy "the envy of the world" amid historic growth, low unemployment, and the lowest inflation of any nation in the G7. The major stock market continue to hit record highs on a near daily basis. Yet Trump and Musk want to replace this prosperity with pain.
Meanwhile, under the Biden-Harris administration, the U.S. economy has seen record growth. This month, The Economist called the U.S. economy "the envy of the world" amid historic growth, low unemployment, and the lowest inflation of any nation in the G7. The major stock market continue to hit record highs on a near daily basis. Yet Trump and Musk want to replace this prosperity with pain.
F**k them both!
Liberal In Texas
(16,274 posts)18. Austerity for us. More $$$ for him and his buddies.
Typical dictatorial thinking.
If they get back in power say goodbye to your Medicare and Social Security.
MuseRider
(35,176 posts)13. This is the kind of guy
that used to get beat up or at least pantsed every day at school. How does he continue without harassment daily?
Eat it you pretentious rich guy.
Zambero
(9,990 posts)14. Mega billionaires won't be inconvenienced by Trump's plans
Everyone else, Just suck it up!
FalloutShelter
(14,475 posts)15. Elon Musk is Every
BOND VILLAIN Ian Fleming created.
OMGWTF
(5,131 posts)16. Fuck you Eloon, you soulless evil POS! Time for you to pay your fair share or GTFO.
Liberal In Texas
(16,274 posts)17. Until the dollar is worthless and everything will be crypto.
Controlled by the fat cats like him.
Kid Berwyn
(24,431 posts)19. Precisely.

Clouds Passing
(7,942 posts)20. Time for Eloon to experience permanent hardship behind bars.
tanyev
(49,306 posts)21. Many Americans will lose everything they have, but that's a sacrifice Musk is willing for them to make.
2naSalit
(102,836 posts)22. I think...
It's about time that the billionaires suffered some hardship.
Way past fucking time to eat the rich.
Efilroft Sul
(4,413 posts)23. Musk is like Lithgow's character in Shrek: "Some of you may go broke, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make."
jeffreyi
(2,571 posts)24. You first, babycakes.