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Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts) Wed Sep 27, 2023, 04:25 AM Sep 2023

'Cold and brutal': Author Walter Isaacson on what surprised him about Elon Musk - The 11th Hour MSNBC

The 11th Hour sits down with biographer Walter Isaacson to talk about his new book profiling one of the richest people on the planet, Elon Musk. - Aired on 09/26/2023.

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'Cold and brutal': Author Walter Isaacson on what surprised him about Elon Musk - The 11th Hour MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 OP

How? Snoopy 7 Sep 2023 #1

+1. It's like subsidizing the oil and gas industry. They make billions in profit and skimp on mitch96 Sep 2023 #2

Wellfare for the rich and they whine about the average Joe trying to make ends meet Stargazer99 Sep 2023 #3

Snoopy 7

(527 posts)

1. How?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Sep 27, 2023, 05:36 AM

Sep 2023

Why don't they talk about the millions the US Government has given him to do these things. This is money we could have spent on school, feeding the children, roads, green energy and I can go on (we all could).

mitch96

(13,912 posts)

2. +1. It's like subsidizing the oil and gas industry. They make billions in profit and skimp on

Reply to Snoopy 7 (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 27, 2023, 10:04 AM

Sep 2023

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Stargazer99

(2,585 posts)

3. Wellfare for the rich and they whine about the average Joe trying to make ends meet