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NNadir

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50. The good side of it all is that he will die someday, and all the money in the world will not prevent it.

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If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...? [View all] kentuck Jun 12 OP

Trump's tariffs and gas and general price rizes have applegrove Jun 12 #1

It's mostly our tax money anyway Blue Full Moon Jun 12 #2

This is a system that just developed through the last 1200 years bucolic_frolic Jun 12 #3

If he had more than 2 billion in liquidity, I'd be surprised. haele Jun 12 #4

Slightly Different Spin Here ProfessorGAC Jun 12 #6

"..the markets would panic..." a very few people now having the financial gravitational pull of a black hole. harumph Jun 12 #10

Like 1998. Like 2007. Like..... paleotn Jun 12 #32

But he can take out obscene and sweetheart deal loans Aviation Pro Jun 12 #18

Torch all the cash. Everyone's. All of it. OC375 Jun 12 #5

You're saying exactly what I was talking about when 911 hit. slightlv Jun 12 #20

Umm, no thanks DFW Jun 13 #42

Cash was a poor word choice on my part. OC375 Jun 13 #52

I like this particular aspect of the Space X offering. Frasier Balzov Jun 12 #7

Are the employees allowed to cash in their windfall or is it just on paper??? nt in2herbs Jun 12 #9

Rolling tranches over six months can be resold. Frasier Balzov Jun 12 #14

Interesting proposition. Too bad we can't do national level grass roots ballot initiatives. dutch777 Jun 12 #8

You can, but they are extremely cumbersome to bring to reality DFW Jun 13 #40

$100 billion??? PatSeg Jun 12 #11

To have all that money, and not distribute it to ease pain and suffering Grim Chieftain Jun 12 #12

One time in my life I worked for DoD as a contract worker slightlv Jun 12 #21

I know what you mean DFW Jun 13 #41

When governments and individuals are valued in the mega dollars . . . Aussie105 Jun 12 #13

I still think a tactic of the poor (99%) vs the rich (1%) KS Toronado Jun 12 #15

Those that invested in this IPO are the ones who are likely to lose. Bev54 Jun 12 #16

It would be a serious boost to the economy bc poor people would spend it on necessities ms liberty Jun 12 #17

Death to trillionaires. N/T Coventina Jun 12 #19

lol, I'm limping along on caretaker money for a clinic MerryBlooms Jun 12 #22

Sorry, been a really rough week MerryBlooms Jun 12 #24

Vent away! You deserve to. So do the rest of us. paleotn Jun 12 #29

It's not liquid. QueerDuck Jun 12 #23

I'm sure that Musk pays a high tax rate on that $54K annual salary that he collects at SpaceX. OGBuzz Jun 12 #25

Their GDP is real. His is paper. A figment of imaginations he can't tap without crashing it. Big difference. paleotn Jun 12 #28

Tesla trades 45-60 million shares daily. He can tap as much as he needs without crashing anything. There will be similar OGBuzz Jun 12 #31

45 to 60 million in relatively small blocks. That's not the same thing. paleotn Jun 12 #33

I'm pretty sure Elon has dozens, if not hundreds of brokers on the payroll. He doesn't have to go large on one trade. OGBuzz Jun 12 #37

Irrelevant. The increase in daily activity will raise questions. paleotn Jun 13 #39

Daily trade volumes range from 45 million to 60 million. Those are some swings indeed and nobody is OGBuzz Jun 13 #43

Straw man much? paleotn Jun 13 #44

As stated above, it's not real. paleotn Jun 12 #26

Giving the money to everyone won't solve many people's problems LogDog75 Jun 12 #27

"Corporations are people, my friend" (M.Romney) Seinan Sensei Jun 12 #35

Good ideas, LogDog75! calimary Jun 13 #53

I think we kind of saw this already JBTaurus83 Jun 12 #30

Maybe then we could afford a Universal Healthcare program. Emile Jun 12 #34

It's always funny when people say this... WarGamer Jun 12 #36

Yep Manatee Jun 13 #45

That's insulting, to read you think 98% of Americans are idiots questionseverything Jun 13 #47

then you live around the smart 2%'ers WarGamer Jun 13 #48

Your 2% assertion is a lie, you are wrong and you obviously know nothing about poor and working class Americans questionseverything Jun 13 #49

lol... ok WarGamer Jun 13 #54

This is correct Easterncedar Jun 13 #57

On the contrary Easterncedar Jun 13 #51

This isn't guaranteed income, it's a single $3000 injection. WarGamer Jun 13 #55

All hypothetical here, right? Easterncedar Jun 13 #56

But the OP says give 300M people $3000 each... WarGamer Jun 15 #58

Your interlocutor is a conservative Republican. BannonsLiver Jun 19 #59

And not only is Elon a trillionaire, it seems like it isn't enough for him. Initech Jun 13 #38

spellcheck does work dweller Jun 13 #46

The good side of it all is that he will die someday, and all the money in the world will not prevent it. NNadir Jun 13 #50