@CRainsZombie@esjesjesj He’d just have to liquidate ~3% of his stock holdings… that probably wouldn’t cause their values to crater. In any case, that isn’t the point of this hypo, which assumes a big pile of cash that isn’t growing or taxed; the point is to show how big his net worth is.
@impostersyndrum@LinkofSunshine In 2024, USAID was 0.3% of federal spending. I happily support 0.3% of my taxes saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Seems pretty efficient, actually. And the reputational benefits the U.S. gets from it is a nice bonus. Military intervention costs way more and kills people.
@KyleKulinski To put into perspective how much money Elon Musk has: if he spent $1 million every day for his entire life, he’d still have more than $1 trillion left when he died.
@DissentFu To put into perspective how much money Elon Musk has: if he spent $1 million every day for his entire life, he’d still have more than $1 trillion left when he died.