The guys that are telling us they have to dismantle the entire government because it costs too much wants the country to buy TikTok
Comment on Trump says new US sovereign wealth fund could purchase TikTok
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 year ago
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund and suggested that it could be used to purchase TikTok. […] Trump has said previously it could be funded by “tariffs and other intelligent things,” per Reuters.
So. Taxpayers pay taxes → taxes go to fund → taxes are used to buy TikTok, probably at inflated prices (like Musk buying Twitter). And likely with the same type of censorship coming from the alleged “free speech warriors”.
…aren’t those same guys who babble all the time about “free market”?
lori@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
The third step is they “sell” it to their cronies for pennies, who profit all the way to the bank.
You’re about to get robbed.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 year ago
I’m not. I don’t pay taxes to USA. I’m mostly watching this roll out while eating popcorn.
Locally [Brazil] speaking, if the United-Statian government bought TikTok, I wonder what the judiciary would do, given that it blocked Twitter for a month.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Malicious socialism.