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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElon Musk warns America will '1,000%' go bankrupt, 'fail as a country' due to crazy debt -- protect your finances
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has just issued a dire warning for Americans.
In a Feb. 5 appearance on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Musk said America is barreling toward bankruptcy as its national debt continues to climb.
We are 1,000% going to go bankrupt as a country and fail as a country, without AI and robots, he said (1). Nothing else will solve the national debt.
According to the Treasury Department, U.S. national debt now stands at $38.56 trillion and it continues to grow as federal spending outpaces revenue (2). So far in fiscal year 2026, the government has already spent about $602 billion more than it has collected (3).
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-warns-america-1-221300883.html
Then pay your fair share of taxes and quit gorging yourself at the public through you racist drug addled piece of shit.
JBTaurus83
(993 posts)Who said we would be on Mars by 2020 and other ridiculous shit. He pushes this crap for more tax breaks.
MagickMuffin
(18,211 posts)And because the rich pedophiles don't want to pay taxes EVER.
I've read some of the jmails and there are tons of jmails discussing how to rig the system. It's all a rich man's game and we are not allowed a seat at the table because we are under it.
bucolic_frolic
(54,488 posts)There will be winners and losers in AI. Participants are investing $80-150 billion. 2 or 3 will thrive, 2-3 more will see some return, the rest are toast. Ripe for a bailout. Hello taxpayers!
Klarkashton
(5,034 posts)And talks a load of shit about robots. His robots and AI are for shit. He is a fish faced asshole.
lame54
(39,317 posts)Thanks for the tv
flvegan
(65,968 posts)Not sure how Elon "I Caught My Junk in a Woodchipper" Musk arrives at this conclusion except as a shameless, stupid self-promotion. I expect the next cut-rate podcast he shambles on to will promote his new "...and only I can save us." (sound familiar?) narrative.
Lets not forget that Elon is in the Epstein files a number of times. That's no accident.
2MuchNoise
(733 posts)durablend
(9,005 posts)AZJonnie
(3,214 posts)than the average citizen, and doing jobs they don't want to do.
The "illegal" ones in particular are critical because they pay into social security and medicare, but cannot later avail themselves of the payouts they'd otherwise be due. In fact, far from being a burden, "illegals" pay great dividends to the country, for the above reasons (working for less, and minimal federal benefits). That's the REAL reason that both sides were fairly lenient about immigration enforcement, until dipshit IQ47 came along then demagogued (and lied his ass off) about the situation, triggering the latent nativist impulses of a certain segment of the population so he could get into power and initiate his (and P2025's) ongoing scheme of turning the USA into a fascist dictatorship.
But, yeah, the unfortunate reality is that we will have to leverage AI, because the rest of the world will do so.
struggle4progress
(125,682 posts)Johnny2X2X
(23,826 posts)They think regular working people should pay off the debt that the rich ran up.
msongs
(73,232 posts)milestogo
(22,796 posts)Thanks for eliminating all those government jobs, including mine.
