Elon Musk went on Joe Rogan’s podcast to clarify, with complete confidence and 0 proof, that the federal government shutdown is going on as a result of blue states are stealing “lots of of billions” in federal cash to purchase votes from undocumented immigrants. Joe Rogan agreed, as a result of that is what Joe Rogan does when somebody richer than him talks lengthy and loud sufficient.
“The complete foundation for the federal government shutdown is that… the Trump administration accurately doesn’t need to ship huge quantities of, like, lots of of billions of {dollars} to fund unlawful immigrants within the blue states, in all of the states actually,” Musk stated to host Joe Rogan.
What went unmentioned, nonetheless, was the precise dispute on the coronary heart of the shutdown: the expiration of subsidies that can dramatically improve medical insurance prices for thousands and thousands of Individuals.
…
Musk claimed that “New York and California could be bankrupt… with out the huge fraudulent federal funds that go to these states to pay for illegals, to create an enormous monetary incentive for illegals.” When Rogan requested how, Musk responded that these states “would not be capable of steadiness their state budgets, and so they cannot problem forex just like the Federal Reserve can.”
Opposite to Musk’s claims, California and New York wouldn’t “be bankrupt” with out funding from the federal authorities. Each states pay considerably extra in taxes to the federal authorities than they obtain again in federal funding. The federal authorities depends on states like California and New York to subsidize states which can be much less rich.
On this newest episode of America’s favourite misinformation selection present, Musk and Rogan blamed immigrants for every thing from funds shortfalls to democracy itself, apparently unaware that states like California and New York really fund the remainder of the nation. As per the norm, Rogan did not ask for proof; he simply leaned in and let Musk improvise his approach by way of one other TED Speak for individuals who assume “analysis” means “ketamine.”
Beforehand:
• Firefighters refuse to again up Elon Musk’s misinformation
• Elon Musk modifications identify to ‘Lorde Edge’ on Twitter and polls viewers on Tesla inventory dump
• If it is not medicine, Musk is a chunk of labor
• Elon Musk to CA manufacturing unit staff: Again to work. Gov. Newsom: This may occasionally violate public well being order