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Saturday, February 15, 2025

Some federal workers are getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,' says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government

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World's richest man and government official Elon Musk accused federal workers of unfairly getting rich off the taxpayer's dime, citing, without evidence, "quite a few" with a net worth of tens of millions of dollars.

Musk's own companies have accepted over $20 billion in taxpayer funds in the form of contracts, tax breaks, and other subsidies.

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"We find it sort of rather odd that there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow manage to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth while they are in that position," Musk said.

"I think the reality is they're getting wealthy at taxpayer expense," he added.

Neither Musk nor President Trump offered any evidence of corruption or improper enrichment that might explain federal employees allegedly getting rich off their government roles, and DOGE did not respond to Fortune's request for examples."

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Well, so that confirms he is looking at people's tax returns illegally.

And pls don't fill the thread with the Red Herring that people should 'want to find fraud in Gov'.

Of course they to. They just don't want a major Fraud doing it; someone who sucks the Gov teat more than anyone ever has, and has an unvetted vested interest in outcomes.

Also someone who is acting illegally, unvetted by Congress... who won't show his tax returns and who has, btw, stopped paying into Social Security since he got the Gov job....

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-13 12:33 PM | Reply

Rep. Greg Casar (D, TX) clearly describes Musk's intentions, imo.

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-02-13 12:58 PM | Reply

Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government

This is why the orange pedo was encouraged to piss away $20 million while putrefying the Super Bowl.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-15 01:39 PM | Reply

This greedy oligarch is grabbing money left and right to fund his Thousand Year Reich and offspring. The Worst Person in the World keeps siring children and he's now up to 13. And how large is the Trump Crime Family (TCF)? The next generation to afflict the American people is incubating right before our very eyes. See: www.indy100.com

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-02-15 02:27 PM | Reply

Musk's own companies have accepted over $20 billion in taxpayer funds in the form of contracts, tax breaks, and other subsidies.
- fta

Oh I must have misread the headline, I thought it said "Musk Gets $20 Billion of Our Money"

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-15 02:45 PM | Reply

1Nut seems to still have these same English as a second language issues.

Pretty funny, really. It's almost as funny as his queue hairstyle.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-15 02:50 PM | Reply

Always the way.

#7 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-02-16 04:35 AM | Reply

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