Musk pumped nearly half a billion dollars into Republican campaigns: report
www.independent.co.uk
Elon Musk has reportedly injected around $77 million into his America PAC in the first half of October alone

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.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    7·
    7 hours ago

    C’mon people! Prove to the world that elon can’t just browse the world to purchase politicians. Make him lose some of that chump change he’s callously throwing around! Bring seriously thinking adults back into the fold again!

  • FrogCat@piefed.socialEnglish
    7·
    10 hours ago

    Rich people pump money into politics in order to amplify their personal whims. Then they wonder why self-described socialist politicians are becoming more popular.

    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      8 hours ago

      Half a billion here, half a billion there, and pretty soon we’re talking about real money.

        • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          42 minutes ago

          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.

        • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
          7·
          6 hours ago

          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.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    17·
    14 hours ago

    Remember when he said curing world hunger was just a money problem and calculated it to be far less than his current net worth?

    Pepperidge Farms remembers

    • Janx@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      You don’t even have to like them! Just vote against Republicans even having power again. At the moment, that’s Democrats. But fuck, we need election reform and to get rid of “first past the post” voting…

  • AgentSeven@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    14 hours ago

    The hilarious thing about this, if there is one, is that Republicans are all fucking criminals and grifters and a not-insignificant portion of this half a billion dollars is going into pockets everywhere.

  • unitedwithme@lemmy.today
    4·
    14 hours ago

    $ 450 million. Such a MASSIVE number!!! Let that sink in, that it’s “donations” so it’ll become some tax write off, I’m sure. Still, such a crazy amount to go to waste!

    However…

    That’s only 0.045% of his overall wealth… Sure, not his “income”, but with a half billion tax write off, it’s a win-win for him.

  • nonentity@sh.itjust.works
    24·
    20 hours ago

    Financial obesity is neurotoxic, an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

    Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but trillionaires should be forced to transition into billionaires, and billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.