• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For fuck’s sake… imagine finding out your father, the richest man in the world, fought to only have to pay your mother less than $3000 a month in child support!

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      The issue is not that it’s to limit to less than 3k. It’s to have a limit at to begin with (California doesn’t have any, so it might cost him dozens or hundreds of thousands a month). Plus, maybe he’s got more chances to keep custody (shared) in Texas than California.

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        so it might cost him dozens or hundreds of thousands a month

        Oh no! The man worth hundreds of billions might have to pay far less than 1% of his wealth to his kids! They’re bleeding him dry, I tell you!

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          He wouldn’t be paying it to his kids though, but their mom.

          $3k in child support is more than most get, who said he hasn’t set up a trust fund for the kid when it grows up / isn’t giving it stocks / inheritance?

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            Because there’s no way he could possibly do both of those things.

            And he definitely should be paying lawyers to fight this in court. I’m sure his kids will really love to hear about that one day.

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              Again, the kid’s gonna have enough support to have a comfortable childhood, much more than the average child probably.

              This money is going to the mom, Musk might not want that, and I honestly think that the majority people would feel the same way in his place.

              Don’t get me wrong, Musk is a dumbass, but people around here get blinded by emotions and hatred towards him and don’t even try to think about the situation at all.

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                1 year ago

                How would you like it if you heard that your dad, the richest man in the world, fought against paying child support for you because it would only go to your mother anyway?

                Do you think that would make you think highly of your dad?

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                  Depends entirely on the circumstances.

                  Did I have a nice childhood? Did I get to go to all the clubs I wanted to go to? Did I get the education I wanted?

                  In my opinion, having too much money is harmful for a child, best to keep it in a fund for college / a downpayment.

                  3k a month is enough.

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      1 year ago

      Imagine spending $100/day solely on your child. This is a crazy amount of money already, why is everyone upset?

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        Oh, you must be unaware of who this is. He is (or was, we’ll see after his Xitter debacle) actually one of the richest men on the planet, and despite being able to pay thousands a day solely on his own child without even noticing, he’s going to great lengths to avoid paying more than the absolute bare minimum for his own child.

        Hope that clears it up.

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          The mother still pays and is very capable of providing. 3k is not the bare minimum when it’s, by decree, the maximum allowed by the state.

          It’s not because you can spend that you should and want to spend your money (I could spend more than I do, I prefer keeping some for emergencies and special projects and investments.

          Texas has a child support limit, but it might not be the only reason he wants to do it the, he might have more chance to keep custody there over California.

          People keep downvoting anyone who is not against Elon Musk, no need to be supportive of him, just simply stating that some arguments against him might be wrong is enough to get downvoted to hell.
          This is just Reddit all over again.

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          In what world is $2700/month “the absolute bare minimum” for a child? What amount seems reasonable to support a small child?

          Or, more to the point, why is everyone pretending that’s not an outrageous amount?

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            The same world that produced the USDA Expenditures on Children by Families Consumer Expenditure Survey results, in which that amount is similar to other numbers. The US government may or may not have artificially inflated these numbers for intrinsic benefits. Depending on how you slice the numbers or what variables in that child’s life are at play, a child can easily cost more than $2700 a month, but millions of families also raise multiple children simultaneously on less money than that. In the same world where rent prices on 1-2 bedroom places can start upwards from $1500/month, what values do make sense? The answer to that depends on whether we’re talking about Musk or actual people.

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      Fuck musk.

      Do you want him to have even more kids? 'Cause that’s how he gets even more kids!

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        Nah, most of (all?) his kids seem to be ivf babies. It’s either down to his need to have perfect embryos to choose from a bunch or he hates sex or he’s ruined by porn or some combination of the three.

        Honestly, I think that’s part of which he has taken his one kid being trans so badly. He chose their gender for them before they were even implanted. How dare they try to change after he made the decision.

        Deranged behavior either way.

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        well, there are ways to do so so, without the risk of children. I’m more concerned he might like it.

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    It’s fairly enough to raise one child. I don’t see where should be the controversy here, the kid can still have access to his dad’s wealth when he turns 18.

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      In previous comments, you’ve defended trump and twitter. I’m pretty sure your opinion is not relevant on this topic either.

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        I don’t see things in black and white. I find them to be both morons, but I am not blinded by my political leaning to the point of seeing everything with Manichean reductionist lenses. by the way I have no shtick in US politics

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          by the way I have no shtick in US politics

          Really? Why do you come to the defense of fascist U.S. political figures? Is it because you are so open-minded?

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    After watching his management skills in business, I suspect his being a father isn’t a great thing for his kids.

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    For the love of god, can we stop treating everything he does like it’s news? Let him be a shitty person in some dark corner, don’t feed his ego by putting him in headlines.

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      To be honest, I find his limitless villainy fascinating and it’s hard to look away. It’s like watching a slow motion Tesla crash

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      Hard disagree. It would be one thing if he was just off in his corner by himself being a terrible person, but he’s very much always in the limelight and has a whole cult of personality worshipping the ground he walks on. We need articles like this as a counter to all the ass-kissing going on.

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        The cult of personality thing is the big part IMO. If it was just him being a piece of shit without any influence, then whatever. But he has a cult following that are influenced by him and his actions (plus Twitter seems now designed to push his thoughts). It’s important that the vast majority of people understand that Musk is an idiot and a piece of shit. It needs to be lame and gross to like him.

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        He’s always in the limelight because of these “news” articles, not in spite of them. Can we not collectively decide to ignore him and let him die in irrelevance?

  • alienanimals@lemmy.world
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    Downvote Musk spam.

    The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.

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      I’m with you now. Tired of seeing it and will just downvote unless it’s actually (really) important.

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    Reminder. He’s a billionaire.

    $2760 a month is about $33,120 a year.

    According to this calculation, he makes $46,303,000 A DAY.

    For context:

    At $33,120 a year, he could fund 1,398 child support babies with a single day of work.

    And there are Elon-stans.

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    An expensive coffee costs $5. For a person that makes $100,000 that’s 0.005% of annual income.

    Musk’s annual cost would be $33,120 for all three kids. I don’t know his annual income and because a lot of his worth is in stocks it’s probably hard to figure out and highly variable. I’ll do some pretty stupid math and say he’s worth 185 billion and he’s 52, so he’s made 3.5 billion a year.

    Musk is fighting to pay an annual cost for all three of his three kids of 0.0009% of his annual income, a amount proportionally less than what many spend one day on coffee.