Yup! He got his money's worth and it only cost him $250 million!
ReutersBy Jarrett Renshaw, Rachael Levy and Chris KirkhamDecember 15, 2024The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab , according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.Musk, the world's richest person, spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars helping Trump get elected president in November. Removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which has reported most of the crashes – more than 1,500 – to federal safety regulators under the program. Tesla has been targeted in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigations, including three stemming from the data.The recommendation to kill the crash-reporting rule came from a transition team tasked with producing a 100-day strategy for automotive policy. The group called the measure a mandate for "excessive" data collection, the document seen by Reuters shows.[...]Reuters could not determine what role, if any, Musk may have played in crafting the transition-team recommendations or the likelihood that the administration would enact them. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a trade group representing most major automakers except Tesla, has also criticized the requirement as burdensome.
I just have one question. How many people will die because of this?
Update: 12/18 @ Noon
ABC News...
President-elect Donald Trump has assembled the wealthiest presidential administration in modern history, with at least 13 billionaires set to take on government posts.They include a wrestling magnate, a private space pioneer, a New York real estate developer, the heir to a small appliance empire, and the wealthiest man on the planet -- with several being donors and close personal friends of the incoming president.In total, the combined net worth of the wealthiest members of his administration could surpass $460 billion, including Department of Government Efficiency co-head Elon Musk -- whose net worth of more than $400 billion exceeds the GDP of mid-sized countries.
So who are these people, according the ABC News article...
- Elon Musk, Department of Government Efficiency co-head: $439 billion
- Leandro Rizzuto Jr., Ambassador to the Organization of American States: $3.5 billion
- Warren Stephens, Ambassador to the United Kingdom: $3.4 billion
- Linda McMahon, Education Secretary: Up to $3 billion
- Howard Lutnick, Commerce Secretary: $2.2 billion
- Charles Kushner, Ambassador to France: $1.8 billion
- Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator: $1.8 billion
- Thomas Barrack Jr., Ambassador to Turkey: $1 billion
- Steven Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East: $1 billion
- Frank Bisiganano, Social Security Administration Commissioner: $1 billion
- Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary: Reported billionaire
- Vivek Ramaswamy, Department of Government Efficiency co-head: $1 billion
- Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of Small Business Administration: $800 million
- Doug Burgum, Interior Secretary: $100 million
- Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: $100 million
Another question, "Who will these billionaire work for; us or themselves?
We have the best government money can buy!
Every day it seems there is another lame idea floated from Trump's mouth or another unqualified nominee for something. When are the people going to ask themselves, "I voted for this?"
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