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The future of Bidenomics: You pay Social Security tax on all of your income? (www.foxbusiness.com)
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That’s a hard pass for me. I’d rather opt out of social security. It’s a ponzi scam. If the government had put that into a private account, I’d have millions of dollars in there.

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[–] glomag@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like your characterization of Musk as "the flavor flav of Tesla". He is or tries to be a hype man, a personality, capable of creating a cult of personality. He hired engineers and workers and told them to build things he wanted. The solutions those people created to his (and the other members of the board of directors) demands are what Tesla became. I'm not convinced he knows anything about running a company (Twitter).

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago

He’s shown he can run Tesla. That doesn’t mean he can run any company.

I also think he’s more of a liability as Tesla now.

Elon was a great hype man and knew other rich people who could invest. That’s why Tesla was successful. He had giants pockets books to fund it. It wasn’t just his money. Thiel was another large investor m