Are you talking about the support benefits for Musk or low income workers? From the tone on this thread I'll guess the later. Correct me if I'm wrong.
It's interesting, and discouraging, that so much attention is given to lower income social benefits while benefits for high income groups are ignored. The tax code is full of breaks for the wealthy, add in patents, copyrights, and trademarks, labor laws that make unionization difficult or impossible, courts that historically favor those with resources to hire representation - the list is long.
All of these things are not granted by a supreme being - they are conscious policy decisions.
All of these things are taxes on society and benefits to upper income brackets. A few examples: Walmart workers qualifying for food stamps and other public benefits. Bezos not collecting state sales taxes, giving him an automatic price advantage over goods sold locally. Musk receiving ~$9 billion in public tax subsidies.
I know many of you like to believe that your hard work and savvy are the reasons for your success. If that's all it took the Four Seasons in Maui would be full of home health aides and cow milkers. How do I know about the Four Seasons in Maui? Pharma patents and the ability for my employer to deduct "business" expenses, thank you very much. Pretty good racket, if you are lucky like me and can get it. And BTW, I used to milk cows for a living.
The gap between lines on this graph is allowing the purchase of some nice audio gear:
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My motive for posting this is to encourage you to be critical of both high income and low income dole. Otherwise it's just selfish and cruel.
