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0 pointsdylan6047d ago0 comments

Did the total of fines the US gov't was looking to levy on Musk total up to more than the $44Billion he spent on Twitter?

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robofanatic7d ago

$44B is peanuts for a soon to be trillionaire

dylan604OP7d ago

Doesn't make it a good deal. Just means he can afford to make bad deals.

dlev_pika7d ago

This is part of what people miss about poverty - it’s incredibly unforgiving.

By contrast, the more money you have the more mistakes you can afford to make

exe347d ago

When you are the richest man in the world, you can afford to do things out of spite. But we won't know - he got rid of the people who could have fined him.

dylan604OP7d ago

It just seems highly unlikely the USG would issue a >$44Billion dollar set of fines to anybody.

exe346d ago

No being in prison might be worth more than any fines.

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robofanatic7d ago

$44B is peanuts for a soon to be trillionaire

dylan604OP7d ago

Doesn't make it a good deal. Just means he can afford to make bad deals.

dlev_pika7d ago

This is part of what people miss about poverty - it’s incredibly unforgiving.

By contrast, the more money you have the more mistakes you can afford to make

exe347d ago

When you are the richest man in the world, you can afford to do things out of spite. But we won't know - he got rid of the people who could have fined him.

dylan604OP7d ago

It just seems highly unlikely the USG would issue a >$44Billion dollar set of fines to anybody.

exe346d ago

No being in prison might be worth more than any fines.

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