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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat can you do with a trillion?
Excellent 5 minute slam on musk by British Comedian Jonathan Pie.
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What can you do with a trillion? (Original Post)
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PSPS
(15,411 posts)1. What CAN'T you do with a trillion dollars?
BigmanPigman
(55,739 posts)2. Hear, hear!
ProfessorGAC
(77,656 posts)3. If It's Liquid
But, this trillion isn't.
Any attempt by Musk to sell any significant portion would trigger a sell-off and a plummeting of the value.
As Musk obviously measures his own worth as a person by his fortune, a big drop in net worth would be more than his ego could take.
So, his vast fortune is as locked as if it were a blind trust.
I get the point, but even if Musk wanted to do good (a huge "if"
, he doesn't have the liquidity to do it.
lavoosh99
(60 posts)4. Exactly
It's not like he has a money bin like a certain duck. Even when he buys things, he often borrows against his paper worth.
Wicked Blue
(9,080 posts)5. I'd get the kitchen painted
After that, who knows?