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Elon Musk steps up political giving with six-figure donation to House Republicans
(www.politico.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2024
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Let's say he donated the highest amount of 6 figure (i didn't read the article), 999,999. His net worth is at 260 billion, would be the same as me donating $2.50 in regards to my net worth, and i consider myself technically pretty okay money wise. It's absurd how much billions are....
Article says it was $289k.
There's other donations though:
Still extra sickening how much billions are. Even if he actually did 45 million it would have roughly the same percentage impact to his net worth as me spending $100
Yeah... but that's only the volume of money.
The bigger picture is that he's allowed to use his wealth to influence elections which will of course favour himself and others of his ilk.
He's using his money to convince people to vote against their own interests. The whole thing is cooked. Wrong on so many levels.
I agree, i was trying to also bring to light that he can have that much influence with an amount of money that could almost be a rounding error to him.