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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(133,925 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:57 PM 5 hrs ago

Elon Musk warns America will '1,000%' go bankrupt, 'fail as a country' due to crazy debt -- protect your finances

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has just issued a dire warning for Americans.

In a Feb. 5 appearance on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Musk said America is barreling toward bankruptcy as its national debt continues to climb.

“We are 1,000% going to go bankrupt as a country and fail as a country, without AI and robots,” he said (1). “Nothing else will solve the national debt.”

According to the Treasury Department, U.S. national debt now stands at $38.56 trillion — and it continues to grow as federal spending outpaces revenue (2). So far in fiscal year 2026, the government has already spent about $602 billion more than it has collected (3).

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-warns-america-1-221300883.html

Then pay your fair share of taxes and quit gorging yourself at the public through you racist drug addled piece of shit.

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Elon Musk warns America will '1,000%' go bankrupt, 'fail as a country' due to crazy debt -- protect your finances (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 5 hrs ago OP
This from the guy JBTaurus83 5 hrs ago #1
That's probably very true since they are raiding our treasury MagickMuffin 5 hrs ago #2
We didn't need AI. We needed a progressive tax system, like 1950-1980 bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #3
Smokes a huge blunt soaked in God knows what Klarkashton 5 hrs ago #4
Your house is being robbed... lame54 5 hrs ago #5
"...without AI and robots," flvegan 5 hrs ago #6
Is he saying that DOGE and tariffs didn't make us very rich? 2MuchNoise 5 hrs ago #7
MIHOP durablend 5 hrs ago #8
I would argue we are going to 100% go bankrupt without immigrants willing to work for less AZJonnie 5 hrs ago #9
Let's get our advice from fascists with chain saws! struggle4progress 5 hrs ago #10
They're coming for your retirement Johnny2X2X 5 hrs ago #11
we could start by not giving him or his companies anymore taxpayer $$$. msongs 2 hrs ago #12
Hey Asshole milestogo 2 hrs ago #13

MagickMuffin

(18,212 posts)
2. That's probably very true since they are raiding our treasury
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:02 PM
5 hrs ago


And because the rich pedophiles don't want to pay taxes EVER.


I've read some of the jmails and there are tons of jmails discussing how to rig the system. It's all a rich man's game and we are not allowed a seat at the table because we are under it.


bucolic_frolic

(54,490 posts)
3. We didn't need AI. We needed a progressive tax system, like 1950-1980
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:02 PM
5 hrs ago

There will be winners and losers in AI. Participants are investing $80-150 billion. 2 or 3 will thrive, 2-3 more will see some return, the rest are toast. Ripe for a bailout. Hello taxpayers!

Klarkashton

(5,034 posts)
4. Smokes a huge blunt soaked in God knows what
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:03 PM
5 hrs ago

And talks a load of shit about robots. His robots and AI are for shit. He is a fish faced asshole.

flvegan

(65,969 posts)
6. "...without AI and robots,"
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:10 PM
5 hrs ago

Not sure how Elon "I Caught My Junk in a Woodchipper" Musk arrives at this conclusion except as a shameless, stupid self-promotion. I expect the next cut-rate podcast he shambles on to will promote his new "...and only I can save us." (sound familiar?) narrative.

Lets not forget that Elon is in the Epstein files a number of times. That's no accident.

AZJonnie

(3,214 posts)
9. I would argue we are going to 100% go bankrupt without immigrants willing to work for less
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 02:22 PM
5 hrs ago

than the average citizen, and doing jobs they don't want to do.

The "illegal" ones in particular are critical because they pay into social security and medicare, but cannot later avail themselves of the payouts they'd otherwise be due. In fact, far from being a burden, "illegals" pay great dividends to the country, for the above reasons (working for less, and minimal federal benefits). That's the REAL reason that both sides were fairly lenient about immigration enforcement, until dipshit IQ47 came along then demagogued (and lied his ass off) about the situation, triggering the latent nativist impulses of a certain segment of the population so he could get into power and initiate his (and P2025's) ongoing scheme of turning the USA into a fascist dictatorship.

But, yeah, the unfortunate reality is that we will have to leverage AI, because the rest of the world will do so.

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