Elon Musk has reportedly injected around $77 million into his America PAC in the first half of October alone
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has pumped more than $445 million into Republican campaigns ahead of the midterm elections, according to a report.
The GOP has been forced to contend with grim polling ahead of the midterms, with Democrats surging in polls across the country amid public anger over the war in Iran and the cost of living.
Musk, among the richest people in the world, has become increasingly tied to the GOP in recent years - even overseeing the Trump administration’s DOGE scheme before dramatically exiting the White House.
The sad part is, this is peanuts to him and a complete waste of money.
The people making those ads are gonna get that money though.
Half a billion here, half a billion there, and pretty soon we’re talking about real money.
This mf is a trillionaire. Half a billion is 0.05% of his wealth.
Seriously, lets put this dude’s wealth into perspective.
If you have $10,000 in the bank, this is like donating $5.
If you have $100,000 in the bank, this is like donating $0.50.
If you have $1,000,000 in the bank, this is like donating a fucking nickel.
That’s how small and meaningless $500,000,000 is to him.
And let’s be clear, now, inflation is so high that being a millionaire isn’t the sign of extraordinary wealth it used to be. It’s owning a house in the 'burbs and having a modest 401k. And disparity is so high that I’m sure a fair number of people reading this are saying “I wish I had $10k in the bank…”.
We shouldn’t even call it “donating”. That makes it sound selfless and helpful. It’s not. This is investing. He invested $500,000,000 into politicians, and if it pays off, it willl pay off big for him.
Nothing about this should be legal or acceptable.
That math isn’t mathing.
If the amount you have in the bank goes up, the donation should also go up.
he’s actually not. paper wealth and real money are not the same thing.
$500M is lot of money for him, but he knows if the GOP get kicked out, he’s going straight to jail.
Is a joke, mate. U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen said about government spending, “a billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money,” to mock how detached politicians and governments (and Elon Musk) can be from the economic reality of everyday people.