by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
In a shocking and very, very sad development, there appears to be an extreme rift developing right in the heart of MAGA Land. Former Co-President Elon Musk, whose time of employment by the US government came to a quiet and less-than-glorious end last week, took it upon himself to lob a couple of grenades at Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill to take from the poor and give to the rich, with Elon apparently feeling that the bill does not take enough from the poor and will leave too many of them with the means to survive.
Musk, who donated around a quarter-of-a-billion dollars to return Trump to the White House in the 2024 election, was rewarded by a grateful Trump with an appointment to head a new "Department of Government Efficiency," DOGE, whose primary function was to stop waste, fraud, and abuse in government by crippling or eliminating other government agencies. Musk blew into DC in January making grandiose boasts about soon eliminating one trillion dollars from the Federal budget, a self-imposed goal on which he failed spectacularly.
Even though actually cutting the size of government proved to be beyond his abilities, Musk and Trump remained tight friends longer than many Washington-watchers predicted they would. Just a few weeks ago "High Dollar" Donald was outside on the White House lawn hawking Teslas for his buddy Elon. Beneath that 'buddies for life" facade, however, things were getting strained. Elon's businesses were suffering under his prolonged inattention and growing public hostility that was rooted in the presence and personality of Elon Musk, and Trump was growing tired of sharing the limelight with Mr. Moneybags. So last week the marriage of convenience came to an end when Elon quietly took his leave, and Stephen Miller's wife, and departed government service.
But, alas, the exit of the wolrd's richest man was not all that quiet. As he marched boldly back into the private sector, Musk chose to reemphasize his relevance by attacking Trump's big, beautiful, tax-cuts-for-the-rich bill that is currently making its way through Congress. In a statement on "X," a social media platform which Musk owns, he said:
"I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."
Musk is angry because the bill would add to the national deficit. He says it will add $2.5 trillion to the national debt, the Congressional Budget Office says it will add $2.3 trillion to the debt, and cantankerous Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky says the bill will increase the debt by $5 trillion dollars. Senator Paul also says that he will vote against the bill in the Senate.
Hey Elon, instead of trying to balance the budget on the backs of the middle class and working poor by cuts in healthcare, food stamps, and government services, why not eliminate tax breaks for the country's wealthiest people, the multi-millionaires and billionaires, the people like you who already have more than they will ever be able to spend, no matter how many children they have?
Get the rich off welfare and have them do their fair share - for a change! That truly would make America a greater nation.
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