I note that the same dude also said in his White House interview not to believe him because he'll often be wrong.
https://chatgpt.com/share/67b2e31b-e6fc-800f-9ed8-5a4ce1d254...
This led me to something even more chilling. He appears to be critiquing people's net worth vis a vis their salaries. It may just be more bullsh but if so, it's an unacceptable level of invasion of privacy. And further confirmation that he is not fit to do this kind of work:
"We do find it sort of rather odd that there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have, ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth while they are in that position,” Musk claimed"
The implication here, that someone could be examining our wealth and deciding if we deserved it or not, is horrifying. It rcalls some of the other dark aspects of totalitarian governments.
IRS is indeed horrifying.
Is it only totalitarian if Musk does it? Someone examines wealth and decides if it's deserved or not every day.
> BTW any news on DJTs tax return? Maybe we should ask Elon?
Maybe. Wouldn't it be great if he tried to uncover his tax returns? Would you still think it's a sign of totalitarianism?
It's not appropriate for the Chief Executive (far less an unappointed private citizen, in charge of an ad hoc advisory body) to have arbitrary un-auditable access to every citizen's financial records.