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Elon Musk engages in philanthropy primarily through the Musk Foundation, a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit he founded with his brother in 2002. The foundation focuses on a variety of causes including renewable energy, education, space exploration, and humanitarian aid press.farm, uniladtech.com.

In recent years, the Musk Foundation reported significant donations, such as $237 million in grants in 2023 alone, with a considerable portion directed toward educational and technological development projects uniladtech.com, ceoworld.biz Notably, Musk also has a history of direct involvement in philanthropic activities that align with his personal and business interests, such as advancing AI, supporting renewable energy initiatives, and promoting space exploration press.farm discoverychepe.com.mx.

His philanthropy is characterized by a results-driven approach, often focusing on projects that promise measurable outcomes and long-term impact
press.farm.Additionally, Musk's giving has sometimes sparked debate due to perceptions of a lack of transparency and the blending of personal, commercial, and philanthropic interests discoverychepe.com.mx. However, regardless of the criticisms, his contributions to various causes are substantial and reflect his vision of leveraging technology and innovation to solve global challenges
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Teatime said:
Elon Musk engages in philanthropy primarily through the Musk Foundation, a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit he founded with his brother in 2002. The foundation focuses on a variety of causes including renewable energy, education, space exploration, and humanitarian aid press.farm, uniladtech.com.

In recent years, the Musk Foundation reported significant donations, such as $237 million in grants in 2023 alone, with a considerable portion directed toward educational and technological development projects uniladtech.com, ceoworld.biz Notably, Musk also has a history of direct involvement in philanthropic activities that align with his personal and business interests, such as advancing AI, supporting renewable energy initiatives, and promoting space exploration press.farm discoverychepe.com.mx.

His philanthropy is characterized by a results-driven approach, often focusing on projects that promise measurable outcomes and long-term impact
press.farm.Additionally, Musk's giving has sometimes sparked debate due to perceptions of a lack of transparency and the blending of personal, commercial, and philanthropic interests discoverychepe.com.mx. However, regardless of the criticisms, his contributions to various causes are substantial and reflect his vision of leveraging technology and innovation to solve global challenges
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www.nytimes.com

Musk’s Foundation Gave Away Less Money Than Required in 2023

Private foundations must donate 5 percent of their assets every year. Elon Musk’s enormous charity missed that standard for three consecutive years.
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Elon Musk Has a Giant Charity. Its Money Stays Close to Home.

After making billions in tax-deductible donations to his philanthropy, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX gave away far less than required in some years — and what he did give often supported his own interests.
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Teatime said:
Elon Musk engages in philanthropy primarily through the Musk Foundation, a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit he founded with his brother in 2002. The foundation focuses on a variety of causes including renewable energy, education, space exploration, and humanitarian aid press.farm, uniladtech.com.

In recent years, the Musk Foundation reported significant donations, such as $237 million in grants in 2023 alone, with a considerable portion directed toward educational and technological development projects uniladtech.com, ceoworld.biz Notably, Musk also has a history of direct involvement in philanthropic activities that align with his personal and business interests, such as advancing AI, supporting renewable energy initiatives, and promoting space exploration press.farm discoverychepe.com.mx.

His philanthropy is characterized by a results-driven approach, often focusing on projects that promise measurable outcomes and long-term impact
press.farm.Additionally, Musk's giving has sometimes sparked debate due to perceptions of a lack of transparency and the blending of personal, commercial, and philanthropic interests discoverychepe.com.mx. However, regardless of the criticisms, his contributions to various causes are substantial and reflect his vision of leveraging technology and innovation to solve global challenges
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Lousy copy paste. Do better
 
Charity is overrated. All anybody has to do is 1) invest your money wisely or 2) spend your money wisely. Either way you create jobs and economic activity. Far better to give someone a job rather than a handout.
 
Hard to believe Musk was once the darling of the left at one time making those electric cars the left loves. But then this is a party that was once free speech advocates and peace advocates. Not anymore...this isn't your fathers democrat party.
 
dmpi said:
Charity is overrated. All anybody has to do is 1) invest your money wisely or 2) spend your money wisely. Either way you create jobs and economic activity. Far better to give someone a job rather than a handout.
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So, sending money to St. Jude's isn't something you would do, right?

Or putting something in the collection basket during the Sunday service?

Or contributing to the Salvation Army bell ringers in December?

And donating to animal shelters....that's a waste as well, right?
 
Pyrite said:
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So, sending money to St. Jude's isn't something you would do, right?
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There's nothing wrong with some charities. St Jude creates jobs, economic activity, and they saves lives. The problem is not giving out your money wisely. Give the guy begging on the street $20 and he goes off and buys drugs. Next day he's back begging. You're actually keeping him from looking for a job and becoming productive.
 
dmpi said:
Charity is overrated. All anybody has to do is 1) invest your money wisely or 2) spend your money wisely. Either way you create jobs and economic activity. Far better to give someone a job rather than a handout.
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Pyrite said:
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So, sending money to St. Jude's isn't something you would do, right?

Or putting something in the collection basket during the Sunday service?

Or contributing to the Salvation Army bell ringers in December?

And donating to animal shelters....that's a waste as well, right?
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dmpi said:
There's nothing wrong with some charities. St Jude creates jobs, economic activity, and they saves lives. The problem is not giving out your money wisely. Give the guy begging on the street $20 and he goes off and buys drugs. Next day he's back begging. You're actually keeping him from looking for a job and becoming productive.
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All beggars are drug addicts?
 
1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Christians are those people who behave the least like Christ.
 
Teatime said:
Elon Musk engages in philanthropy primarily through the Musk Foundation, a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit he founded with his brother in 2002. The foundation focuses on a variety of causes including renewable energy, education, space exploration, and humanitarian aid press.farm, uniladtech.com.

In recent years, the Musk Foundation reported significant donations, such as $237 million in grants in 2023 alone, with a considerable portion directed toward educational and technological development projects uniladtech.com, ceoworld.biz Notably, Musk also has a history of direct involvement in philanthropic activities that align with his personal and business interests, such as advancing AI, supporting renewable energy initiatives, and promoting space exploration press.farm discoverychepe.com.mx.

His philanthropy is characterized by a results-driven approach, often focusing on projects that promise measurable outcomes and long-term impact
press.farm.Additionally, Musk's giving has sometimes sparked debate due to perceptions of a lack of transparency and the blending of personal, commercial, and philanthropic interests discoverychepe.com.mx. However, regardless of the criticisms, his contributions to various causes are substantial and reflect his vision of leveraging technology and innovation to solve global challenges
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Just a suggestion but the next time you attempt to run air cover for Elon, could you put more than 30 seconds into your post? This sloppiness makes Elon looks bad and he expects more from you. The formatting and polish was completely absent, there was an overload of links including several that were repeated multiple times and worse--you publicitized his decision to aid Mexican charities instead of helping rural white MAGA--a serious faux pas. Believe me, you don't want JD Vance to declare you a RINO. I strongly urge you to get in line with Donald's and Elon's talking points ASAP.
 
Only a few weeks ago many on the Left tried to label Elon Musk as a certified NAZI. ("He saluted Hitler on national TV for gawd's sake!!")

Now he is being blasted because he isn't philanthropic enough?

The whole cheapskate attack is sort of a let down after the big nazi claims. Would really like to get back to something a little meatier. Maybe something involving small animals or orphans.

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pragmatic said:
Only a few weeks ago many on the Left tried to label Elon Musk as a certified NAZI. ("He saluted Hitler on national TV for gawd's sake!!")

Now he is being blasted because he isn't philanthropic enough?

The whole cheapskate attack is sort of a let down after the big nazi claims. Would really like to get back to something a little meatier. Maybe something involving small animals or orphans.

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Can't he be both?
 
Mycroft said:
Not really.
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Maybe you and I have a different idea of care. I don't care about Musk. I'm concerned about how he uses his money to threaten American democracy.

Mycroft said:
And you are the one asking all those questions.
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I find it curious how a person who has as much wealth as he does, who claims that he wants to "save humanity" would have so few redeeming qualities and so few tangible examples of his caring in action. On the other hand, the wealthiest man in the world is attacking and defunding an organization that is responsible for feeding the poorest people in the world, he pays teenagers to play games for him so he can brag about it, he buys Twitter and claims he want's to preserve the "town square" and free speech, then does exactly what he accused Twitter of doing, only right out in the open claiming he has the right. He posts like an insecure and petulant child.

So yeah, I'm concerned that he is, but all accounts, actually running this country.

The greatest lie ever foisted on a significant number of Americans is that 2 billionaires will pick other billionaires to work to "fix" the system that they directly benefit from while selling a story that they are doing it in the interest of everyone else. That's the kind of thing you follow with, "and if you believe that, I have some beach front property in Nevada to sell you".
 
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pragmatic said:
Only a few weeks ago many on the Left tried to label Elon Musk as a certified NAZI. ("He saluted Hitler on national TV for gawd's sake!!")

Now he is being blasted because he isn't philanthropic enough?
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These are not mutually exclusive criticisms.

He most definitely is a Nazi.

The left most definitely is criticizing a lot of things he's doing, including his evisceration of government systems that keep Americans safe; his illegal attempts to intimidate and reduce the federal government; his salivating over the prospect of cutting health care and Social Security... and so on.

While this particular failure by Musk is nowhere near as bad, say, deliberately dismantling the ability of the federal government to enforce laws that affect him, it is indicative of his disrespect for the law, disrespect for the concept of helping others, and general lack of ethics.

Is that "meaty" enough for you? :rolleyes:
 
Visbek said:
He most definitely is a Nazi.
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I've heard the term neo-Nazi used to describe people like Musk, where the focus of contemporary Nazis are in the promotion of the superiority and necessity that the US culture, laws and religion be based on white Christian European lineage. Also racial ethnic and social groups are targeted as before, but these are merely superficial categories, a means to an end. The real group they are focused on now are the poor and middle class. Economic classism. Basically a caste system.

Do you think that this is a distinction without a difference, or do you think as I do, for people to understand that the cultural elements are a facade meant to disguise an even more insidious ideology based almost entirely on the control of wealth and power?
 
Econ4every1 said:
Do you think that this is a distinction without a difference, or do you think as I do, for people to understand that the cultural elements are a facade meant to disguise an even more insidious ideology based almost entirely on the control of wealth and power?
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I see little reason to split hairs.

The dude's a Nazi, and is not bothering to hide it. That's not mutually exclusive with his being a vile plutocrat.
 
It’s expected that Musk will become the world’s first ever trillionaire by around 2027. YIP-E-E-E-E-E
 
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