I posted this earlier today in the tech lemmy instance, but, they have no sense of humor and deleted it. I’m trying here.

  • @[email protected]
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    1841 year ago

    Musk has burnt through $44 Billion. I’m sure even the government could have spent it better than he has

    • @ghariksforge
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      91 year ago

      They would have spent it on bombs and missiles, not on useful stuff.

      • @jarfil
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        41 year ago

        But bombs and missiles “Made in USA”, that’s how the trickle down works, right? 💦🚽

      • @[email protected]
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        1101 year ago

        … he said in a post on a worldwide network whose creation the US government originally funded.

          • @[email protected]
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            271 year ago

            They only said the government were capable of doing it, not that they would be motivated by pure benevolence

            • @Zehzin
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              1 year ago

              To be fair, of the 44B, they’d use 30b to blow up children’s hospitals, give 13b to some rich fucks, 800m would disappear and the rest would fund something nice

              • @[email protected]
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                71 year ago

                Have you ever looked at US federal spending? 27% goes to healthcare, 21% goes to social security, 13% to income security, 13% to defense, then the rest is split between education, veterans benefits, transportation, and regional development/other.

                I know people like to meme the government spending, but the majority goes to healthcare, elder care, and veterans.

                • @[email protected]
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                  21 year ago

                  I can’t wait until Snowden resurfaces and shows us how much of that 27% healthcare actually goes to healthcare and how much is skimmed to line people’s pockets.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    31 year ago

                    The US healthcare industry massively over charges for everything, so they are skimming in plain sight.

                    Doesn’t change that only 13% goes to the DoD, where a fraction may be used to blow up hospitals. Not 66% as the previous poster implied.

          • @PunnyName
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            21 year ago

            Plenty of government employees wanted that very thing.

            Including that Al Gore guy.

          • @[email protected]
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            251 year ago

            Fritz Haber invented synthetic fertilizers he also developed chemical weapons during ww1. Whats your fucking point? Lots of good things were created by terrible people and lots of terrible things were created by good people.

      • @jarfil
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        11 year ago

        Who is this blind dog, and how can we make him president?! 🐕‍🦺