Musk Spends $277 Million on Election : How is this Acceptable

just giving Soros a run for his money

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117680/documents/HMKP-118-JU00-20240919-SD006.pdf

Soros also pumped over $170 million in the midterms

 

That would be the guy whose confidant is now Trump's pick for Treasury? Strange how muted the reaction to that was, given how upset Soros makes the right (e.g., mentioning him in a thread that doesn't mention or have anything to do with him).

 

Yes at one time he did manage a Soros Fund and at one time was a mega dem donor. He also was a major fundraiser for Trump in the 2024 election.

 

Actually, worked for him twice. And he wasn't managing a single fund the second time. And both times, he left to form his own fund. Would you like to posit a guess as to the largest investor in both of those funds?

 

If you count his purchase of Twitter, he really spent $44.277 billion on the election.

 

There is a difference between donating a total of $170 million to multiple candidates and $277 million to a single presidential candidate and perhaps the bigger difference is that Soros regularly contributes to candidates that support positions that are antithetical to his personal financial interests, higher tax rates as well was regulation of financial markets coming immediately to mind. Musk was motivated in large part to lower his own taxes as well as to eliminate federal regulatory oversight of multiple businesses controlled by him and/or in which he is the largest shareholder with investments in the billions of dollars. As one example the NHTSA investigation of accidents related to the Tesla autonomous driving is almost certain to disappear as are regulations requiring auto manufacturers to report accidents related to autonomous driving systems. Elon successfully bought the next president. Soros received little if any direct benefits from his campaign contributions.

 

Change the election finance laws.

Until then it will be like NIL without any limitations.

 

It's a business investment for Musk that will pay off handsomely. President Trump And Shadow President Musk will make sure of that.

 

If nothing else Donnie is securing his place in history as the best president that money can buy and it's not just that he is bought and paid for by Elon and other billionaires Trump will again being the only president to monetize the office while in office and compared to his first term in office his grifting from the taxpayers in his second term will be magnitudes greater.

 

Although it will never happen since the beneficiaries of the current system ultimately have the responsibility for changing the rules we are badly in need of a Constitutional Amendment specifically providing the donations to political campaigns are not a form of protected free speech and that Congress and state legislatures are authorized to enact legislation regulating such expenditures. Until there is meaningful campaign finance reform we will continue to have the best politicians that money can buy. What the SCOTUS has referred to as free speech is in reality nothing more than legalized bribery.

Similarly we will probably never see a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting gerrymandering even though there are multiple state legislatures and as well as state Congressional delegations in which the proportion of seats held by one party far exceeds the total votes that party has received statewide.

 

The Democrat controlled NGOs spend far more than that. It's how Kamala raised over a billion dollars in nothing flat.

 

LOL!

Money bought Biden 81 million votes. LOL! “81 million” LOL!

 

That was a big reason he bought Twitter. Tweak the algorithms to find and target the select audience to drive the fervor

 

The return to Tesla and SpaceX will be 10x

 

I do not know the basis for your comment, but assuming it’s true I say burn it all down. Whether it’s single donors like Musk or Soros spending hundreds of millions, PACs or corporations, we need to get rid of them all from our political system. Political donations to only three candidates and made only by US citizens with a per citizen cap.

 

LOL!

I am not lying about anything. Just pointing out that you have to be naive to believe 81 million individuals voted for a man showing clear cognitive health issues campaigning from a basement considering we had never seen anywhere close to that number of votes for any candidate ever.

If it makes you feel better to naive and believe that. Good for you.

 

Nah. My guy is good. Your guy is bad.