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To: U.S. Senate
U.S. Senators: Stop Funding Elon Musk!
We urge U.S. senators to block all taxpayer funding for Elon Musk and his companies.
After earning billions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers, Elon Musk is now using his wealth to destroy federal agencies that protect the health, safety, and prosperity of millions of Americans.
After earning billions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers, Elon Musk is now using his wealth to destroy federal agencies that protect the health, safety, and prosperity of millions of Americans.
U.S. senators must filibuster any legislation that funds or enables funding for SpaceX, Tesla, or any other company owned or part-owned by Elon Musk.
Why is this important?
Elon Musk is a massive threat to U.S. democracy. With Trump’s support, Musk is on an unconstitutional binge. He and his team of young racist tech bros are trying to destroy federal programs that millions of Americans depend on for our health, safety, and shared prosperity.
Today, Musk is worth over $400 billion. He has built much of his wealth through billions of dollars in U.S. government incentives and contracts. U.S. taxpayers have given billions to SpaceX and Tesla, two companies that Musk owns.
Musk’s wealth is so closely tied to the federal government that he has become $218 billion richer since just 2024. Why? Because investors and market analysts expect Musk’s companies to earn a lot more money from federal policies and contracts now that Trump is in the White House.
Elon Musk is destroying our democratic system while profiting off of American taxpayers. That’s why U.S. senators must immediately commit to blocking all legislation that funds -- or enables funding -- for Musk’s companies.
Right now, the U.S. senate has 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two independents (Senator Angus King from Maine and Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont). Using a filibuster, it only takes 41 senators to block the legislation that makes Elon Musk’s new wealth possible. Once it becomes clear that Musk’s companies face a serious threat to their revenue, the market value of those companies will decline. Musk and his financial supporters will lose billions of dollars in wealth.
Right now, the U.S. senate has 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two independents (Senator Angus King from Maine and Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont). Using a filibuster, it only takes 41 senators to block the legislation that makes Elon Musk’s new wealth possible. Once it becomes clear that Musk’s companies face a serious threat to their revenue, the market value of those companies will decline. Musk and his financial supporters will lose billions of dollars in wealth.
U.S. senators must block all taxpayer funding for Elon Musk. Senators must filibuster any legislation that funds or enables funding for SpaceX, Tesla, or any other company owned or part-owned by Musk.
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SOURCES:
“Elon Musk Net Worth Tops $400 Billion, a Historic First,” Dylan Sloan, Bloomberg, December 11, 2024, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-11/elon-musk-net-worth-tops-400-billion-a-historic-first
“Musk spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to elect Trump, including funding a mysterious super PAC, new filings show,” Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN, December 6, 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/politics/elon-musk-trump-campaign-finance-filings/index.html
“How much of Musk’s wealth comes from tax dollars and government help?” Chris Isidore, CNN, November 20, 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/business/elon-musk-wealth-government-help/index.html
“Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. Tesla and SpaceX benefit from it,” Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, November 15, 2024. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/15/how-tesla-and-spacex-benefit-from-government-spending/76301473007/
“Elon Musk says DOGE staffer who resigned for racist X posts will be brought back,” Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, Feb. 7, 2025, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/bring-back-vance-says-supports-rehiring-doge-staffer-resigned-racist-s-rcna191224
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