Elon Musk: Mass Murderer

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Re: Elon Musk: Mass Murderer

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ajax18 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:07 pm
I didn't vote for Elon, but I did vote for Donald Trump and support his decision to put Elon in charge of cutting waste, fraud, and abuse.

Oh and before I forget, Happy Juneteenth
Elon was able to buy Trump. By the way, doesn't Juneteenth stand for everything you resent?
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ajax18 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 9:58 pm
1) No one is being thrown in jail for criticizing foreign aid.Condoms for Africa is part of long-standing global health programs under both Republican and Democratic presidents. *cough* George W. Bush’s PEPFAR *cough*
And I for one am glad that I am no longer paying for condoms in Africa. In fact I haven't heard anyone on the right complaining about not having to continue to pay for that. That's what we voted for. When you get back in charge, you can sock it to the working man until you put the country into eternal debt slavery. In meantime, don't be surprised that I'm happy your efforts to continue to do that have stalled.
You’re not “paying for condoms in Africa” out of some personal burden. We’re talking about a fraction-of-a-penny investment in global health that’s saved millions of lives and actually helps prevent the spread of disease, including to US personnel abroad. Programs like PEPFAR were championed by President George W. Bush, not out of wokeness or pity, but because stable, healthy populations make for more stable geopolitics, which benefits the us.

As for "eternal debt slavery," let’s be honest, foreign aid is less than 1% of the federal budget. The real drivers of US debt are domestic: tax cuts without offsets, massive military expenditures, and an aging Boomer and X population. So no, you didn’t vote to stop paying for condoms, you voted for performative outrage that cuts effective programs while ignoring the big-ticket spending that actually affects your taxes.

But hey, if the hill you want to die on is “no more disease prevention for brown people overseas,” that says more about your worldview than your economic acumen.

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ajax18 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:07 pm

Oh and before I forget, Happy Juneteenth
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