Elon Musk is now a trillionaire. More specifically, his net worth is $1.2 trillion or $1200 billion. That number doesn’t even compute for most of us, so here is some helpful context:
The USDA needs $18.8 billion to feed every child in the US school system breakfast and lunch each day. Elon could pay for that 64x and still have money leftover.
The World Food Program needs $13 billion to feed the 110 million hungriest people on earth. Elon could pay for that 92x and still have money leftover.
The National Alliance to End Homelessness needs $9.6 billion to provide housing for every unhoused person in the United States. Elon could pay for that 125x and still have money leftover.
The average American teacher makes $74,495 per year. Elon could pay the annual salary of over 16 million teachers and still have money leftover.
The problem is not that we don’t have enough money. The problem is that we have built a world where one person can accumulate more wealth than the GDP of 180 countries while children go hungry, families drown in medical debt, teachers are forced to buy school supplies for their students, and people sleep on the streets.
This is a complete moral failure.
I did wrap my part in Toy Story 5 Friday. Really affected me. I love these creators and love this story and blessed to be in this wonderful space suit for so many years.
For as long as I live, I will never comprehend how January 6th didn’t become an immediate dealbreaker for every American. Truthfully, it says a lot about the country and indicts millions of people.
We must reckon with the fact that a significant number of Americans won’t pay for hungry kids to get lunch or sick kids to get healthcare, but they will pay $500,000 to a white woman for calling a 5-year-old Black kid the n-word.
We also must reckon with the fact that the vast majority of these people identify as Christian.
Trump’s organization is out here selling Trump 2028 hats like the Constitution is just a suggestion.
Reminder: The 22nd Amendment exists. You can’t run for a third term.
@MRivalsMedia This doesn’t seem to be the case for the new Midtown map though, strangely enough. Not sure if it’s a bug or maybe they’re testing a map without it.
On this day in 1969, activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton, was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just 21 years old.
William O'Neal, an FBI informant, infiltrated the Black Panthers and set up Fred Hampton for $300.
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