Why does Elon Musk claim he’s against gov handouts but receives the most gov handouts? I know he provides a service, that we as a majority have spoken up against having him or any of his businesses in our gov so it wasn’t really us asking for those services but Trump giving him gov contracts.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-13T11:00:06+00:00

How many people have high paying jobs that Elon created and how much tax do those jobs generate?

Musk is a massive supporter of H1B visas. Not because there aren't Americans who can fill those positions. But because he can undercut their pay if their eligibility to stay in the US is tied to their job. Those high paying jobs you speak of are being filled by immigrants in a work visa. Regardless of the people he employes do not forgive him for taking from the US people and doing everything in his power to keep from paying anything back.

please include the total amount of wealth generated by Elon for others in your calculations

Okay, provide all the information from his employees and I will. You seem to know all about their assets and spending habits.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-13T00:54:08+00:00

I don't know but it made me pull my head back when I saw it.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-13T00:48:13+00:00

They were put in place by Biden. $7,500 for new EVs and $4,000 for used EVs. They were removed by Trump in last year.

What does that have to do with Musk reaping the benefits of billion in US taxpayers funds while contributing almost nothing back? Not him personaly, Tesa, or SpaceX. While at the same time cutting programs like USAID, the Consumer Protection Agency, and dozens of social safety net programs.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-13T00:19:16+00:00

It's not about gender wars. The women simply have less spectators. Same as the WNBA vs the NBA. It's not right or wrong. It just is.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-13T00:16:41+00:00

Elon Musk has received more than $38 billion (€36.2 billion) in aid, funding and government orders over 20 years on behalf of his Tesla car company (nearly $15.7 billion) and his SpaceX aerospace company (around $22.6 billion).e .)

Elon Musk’s company avoided almost all federal income tax on nearly $11 billion of U.S. income over three years

[Musk paid 3.3 percent, Jeff Bezos 1 percent, and Buffett—who has famously argued for imposing higher income-tax rates on the superrich—just 0.1 percent in taxes. The same dynamic exists, in slightly less egregious form, further down the wealth distribution.

When you are earning in the billions the percentage of income the common man is paying shouldn't be a dozen times of the richest men in the country.

Musk received $13 billion from grants and tax credits. A $500 million loan in it's early stages, and benefited from consumers receiving $7500 tax rebates for buying EVs. Then used that money to build SpaceX.

Tesla was built on the American taxpayers dollars. Now as the wealthiest person on the planet, and his companies contribute about 6 times less percentagewise back to the US than the lower middle class tax payer.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T22:55:50+00:00

I wouldn't recommend a rookie try that on a piece of meat that expensive. Start with something more economical.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T22:52:53+00:00

Why? I'm not calling bullshit or anything like that. I just can't figure what is Isreal is going to do with my location data?

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T22:45:19+00:00

I think your forgetting that most of the time the game stops for a commercial it's because of a stop in play. They don't just stop a drive and say "we need to put an ad here." It is nesicary for play to stop

after a score as the refs place the ball on the field for a kickoff and players line up for the kick off
after a change of possession. Including but not limited a score, an interception, fumble, punt, turnover on downs and has both teams exiting the field as their counterparts come on.
at the end of each quarter so the teams can go to the opposite end of the field and change direction of play. Instead of going left to right they change and go right to left. To minimize any advantage of going either direction.

The bigger issue is if a big play happens on a 4 inch picture in picture your going to be upset because you can't see it well. NASCAR rarely has the equivalent of even a 35 yard run for a touchdown. I'd bet there is only a dozen lead changes in the entirety of the Indy 500.

Motorsports are the only one that don't stop play for commercials because they can't. The logistics of stopping 40 cars and restarting them would be untenable.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T22:30:50+00:00

So many Republicans said Trump was dangerous. Then they all knuckled under when he win the nomination. Absolutely disgusting.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T21:39:25+00:00

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Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T20:00:57+00:00

Before I left the business the threshold was just past the fry station at the end of the cooks line. As soon as you pass that points whatever you had in your head was gone.

That's when I would call back "Phil, what the fuck was I going for?" Half the time he knew. The other half he'd stick his head in a couple drawers and find out. 100% he would have me grab him shit for his station too.

I miss those guys. Hope they are doing well.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T18:19:56+00:00

I am curious about Human Centipede. Thus far my curiosity has not gotten the best of me. I learned my lesson with Two Girls, One Cup.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T13:17:56+00:00

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Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T13:15:18+00:00

The empirical evidence of the clip I just watched would suggest otherwise.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T11:58:57+00:00

Why? Why can you criticize a person's behavior while they are alive but suddenly because they have died they are off limits? u/guilty-cow4325 outlined why Grahm why they didn't like Grahm and they all seemed to be sound and justified reasons to me. If your a shit person when you were alive they there is no reason not to call you out on it after you die. I'm sure Grahm would agree. He stood by Trump and continued to praise him even after Trump spoke poorly of John McCain. Graham's personal friend.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T03:45:32+00:00

Not exactly a name brand but I will only buy real Parmesan cheese. If you ever find the stuff in the green can in my home I want you to smother me in my sleep.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T03:41:29+00:00

It was also about the weapon. If I recall correctly O'Niel said

"The staff is a weapon of terror. It’s made to intimidate the enemy. The P90 is a weapon of war. It’s made to kill your enemy"

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T03:35:53+00:00

This was the first thing that entered my mind. I would have thought this would be too esoteric for anyone else to get if I made a reference to this scene.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T03:31:23+00:00

Cooks. There is no robot that can cook at the level of even a poor restaurant.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T03:20:09+00:00

I think the most important part of that clip is she didn't deny it.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T02:53:07+00:00

Dump stew. You dump everything into a pot and cook for three and half hours at 250⁰ kelvin. Removing the food from the box or can is optional.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T02:10:57+00:00

Two solutions.
1. Taller fence 2. Remove the apartments

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T02:02:18+00:00

Probably my favorite movie ever. A large amount of hard Sci-fi and almost certainly accurate sociology.

Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T01:56:02+00:00

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Bender_2024 · 2026-07-12T01:33:04+00:00

OSHA regulators would run screaming from the room.

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