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Musk’s $5.7B Mystery Gift Went to His Own Charity

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Re: Musk’s $5.7B Mystery Gift Went to His Own Charity

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Is the company public or organization give charitable stats? If so that puts a different spin on things. If you don’t want any strings, then don’t ask for a handout from the taxpayers.

> If you don’t want any strings, then don’t ask for a handout from the taxpayers. Of course, being tax-exempt is the opposite of a handout from the tax payers : it’s exemption by the tax taker .

Earnings are taxed when you make them. You need to have made money to donate it. QED, you earn, get taxed, get a handout.

Re: Musk’s $5.7B Mystery Gift Went to His Own Charity

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You really think the richest man on the planet is doing weird little non-profit loopholes to wield power? You think having $6 billion in his non-profit has any impact whatsoever on his ability to influence things with his money? None of this puts him ahead financially and there is zero benefit to him doing this for "tax avoidance" if his main motive is maintaining as much money (and resulting power) as possible. I fi…

my dude why do you think he bought twitter? had a video of him being boo’d removed? had the guy posting public jet info banned? he’s as thin skinned as any other mortal, the guy offered a flight attendant a horse in exchange for sex every billionaire has a non-profit like this, trump was so stupid he actually used his for real fraud instead of the typical wankery

> the guy offered a flight attendant a horse in exchange for sex

no, he was accused of doing this without any evidence to back it up

should we start calling Joe Biden a rapist because Tara Reade accused him of it?

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