Comment on Regarding a US Government Shutdown: What's stopping Musk from continuing to fund DOGE with his own money and continuing to tear apart the government while all the federal workers are put on leave?

shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Musk’s wealth is almost all tied up in his company’s stocks. That is not money he is free to spend, like the money in your checking account. If he starts yanking it to fund super projects, investors panic, begin downward spiral.

Of course quantity is a quality all it’s own. So there’s that.

tl;dr: Even Musk isn’t rich enough to cut paychecks for federal worker’s pay.

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