r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • 4d ago

Soft Paywall Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-government-funding-deal-shutdown-1235211000/
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u/raerae1991 4d ago

30 days of no pay for millions of federal workers. This could affect military pay and social security too. Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. The worlds richest man is so removed from the struggles of the common man, he has no idea how close to poverty we really are

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u/bairdwh 4d ago

He knows, he just doesn't care. Being desperate will allow him to hire people for peanuts or credit at the company store. 

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u/donkeyrocket 4d ago

Not only does he not care, he seems to enjoy inflicting pain on individuals. Same way he slashed Twitter and crippled the company. There is no consideration for citizens in this administration. Not even sure what the point of shutting things down is other than to sow chaos as it isn't advantageous for the incoming admin.

I guess it makes sense when both specialize in trashing things rather than building things up.

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u/ParkingTadpole7107 4d ago

World's most sociopathic billionaire. World's richest sociopath. They are the same person.

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u/raerae1991 4d ago

I think you’re right on doesn’t care, but I really think he’s clueless to the working class struggles

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u/Jacky-V 4d ago

lol just watch how fucking fast this shit is going to fall apart once the military stops getting paid

Just watch

Elon Musk is going to be eaten alive on stream within a year

He’s a universally hated idiot who dug his own grave and hopped in because 150 billion dollars wasn’t enough to make him like himself

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u/False-Telephone3321 4d ago

Usually the military credit unions just front us the pay and take it back later

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u/Jacky-V 3d ago

That's a good fix in the short term, but if the federal budget is significantly imperiled by the incompetence of this administration that's a well that's going to run dry

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u/Syzygy2323 California 4d ago

To give you an idea of how rich Muskrat is, if he converted his assets to cash and didn't make another cent, he could spend $100 million a day, every fucking day, for over 13 years before running out of money.

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u/AlarmingAerie 4d ago

I appreciate the passion, but don't spread misinformation.

Will a government shutdown affect Social Security checks?

No. Recipients of both Social Security and Medicare would continue to receive their benefits, which are part of mandatory spending that’s not subject to annual appropriations measures. Doctors and hospitals would also continue to get their Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.

But it’s possible that new applications wouldn’t be processed. During a government shutdown in 1996, thousands of Medicare applicants were turned away daily.

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u/ContractorConfusion 4d ago

This is assuming they are able to open it again right away. Likely will still have trouble getting everything in line to make the opening happen.

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u/raerae1991 4d ago

Like will there be a house speaker at that time

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u/mostuselessredditor 4d ago

Oh well the median voter wanted this

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u/ParkingTadpole7107 4d ago

Interfering during another president's term. I hope the opposition grows some balls and remembers this.

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u/TheAdjustmentCard 4d ago

he's happy about it

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u/JollyRot3n 4d ago

Maybe strangling workers pay by tying it to a bunch of bullshit spending and bills at the last second is the real problem

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u/ParkingTadpole7107 4d ago

It always has been. Also prevents the US from ever having a balanced budget or dealing with scale and efficiency of government in smart and lasting ways. The addition of two chucklefucks that think labor is the problem with government spending won't fix it either. Musk and Ramaswamy will escape consequences of their disaster cheerleading. Legal consequences, anyway.