by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
In a stunning display of game show mentality, South African native and billionaire Elon Musk has begun a sweepstakes directly tied to the upcoming presidential election. The Musk sweepstakes, funded by his "America PAC" (an organization that he has stuffed with at least $75 million dollars) is promising to award a million dollars each day to one lucky winner chosen randomly from signers to Musk's on-line petition supporting the First and Second Amendments to the US Constitution. The winners will be selected from among petition-signers who are registered voters in one of the seven key swing states in the upcoming election: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina.
Here's the legal rub: Musk's sweepstakes requires signers to be registered to vote in order to be eligible for the big cash prizes - so if Billy Bob wants a shot at Elon's million bucks, first he has to go register to vote. It is illegal in the United States of America to pay people to vote or to pay people to register to vote.
Musk, who seems to have become a de facto resident of the swing state of Pennsylvania of late as he works to put Trump back in the White House, has handed out million dollar checks over the past two days, both at events in Pennsylvania, and he says he will keep giving them out on a daily basis until Election Day. Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania called Musk's sweepstakes scheme "deeply concerning" and seemed to be encouraging law enforcement to take a look at it.
Politics in the United States of America and one more ugly example of the ultra rich trying to feather their own nests through the outright purchase and corruption of democracy.
This sweepstakes is being sponsored by the world's richest human, and it feels very, very dirty.
Enough already! Play fair or go home, Elon!
2 comments:
I suppose you could say that Elon is attempting to buy his own country. In the end, he may not own it but he will have a lot of control over it. For him, a good start will be to eliminate regulations on his businesses. Now, what will he rename it? I'll bet it will have an "X" in the new name. Maybe U.X.A.
Would a psychiatric diagnosis reveal that Elon is acting out because his parents gave him such a dumb name. I've often thought that everyone should be given a chance to rename themselves. The question would be when. Age 12? Age 18? Or would it go hand in hand with your final lack of belief in Santa Claus. Hey, kid, do you believe in Santa Claus? "I guess not cause some of the kids at school say he's not real." OK, wanna change your name?
What would Elon have become if his parents had named him Frank?
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