Eat the rich. Congress works for them, not for us.
All talk here. No action will be taken.
The rich looking out for themselves
I don’t want to engage in whataboutism but the fact is when they pass a law for one thing it’s at the cost of something else that will never see the floor
The house passed a bill to help reign in insurance-pharmacy middle men (PBMs) who are directly responsible for the shitty system and pharmacy closures we are all experiencing. Schumer wont put it on the floor because it’s not a priority. But Musks private jets are.
billionaires get this sort of data privacy amendment, while regular Americans get surveillance capitalism as usual.
Well to be entirely fair, the amendment just says "private plane registration, so this should apply to billionaire jets but also down to the dinky weekend 1971 Cessna that a “regular American” owns
ETA: actually now that I think about it, drones above a certain dinky threshold also require registration, so those would be covered as well I’d think
I’m guessing the owner of a dinky 1971 Cessna most likely doesn’t care if they can be found on an FAA tracker website. Taylor Swift and Elon Musk, on the other hand…
That Cessna owner also isn’t as likely to be a target of violence from some fanatic (arguably justified or not).
Cool. Is there one shred of evidence beyond Elon’s spurious claim that has ever happened?
Because if you are famous enough to worry about that and rich enough to fly around in a private jet and that worries you, hire security.
What this guy said. No way the richest people on earth are walking around without body guards.
drones above a certain dinky threshold also require registration
Basically 0 chance that this law applies to RC helicopters/planes/multirotors. They don’t contain GPS and they aren’t monitored by air traffic controllers.
The newer regs boil down to you basically have to write your ID number in the canopy and avoid restricted airspaces… and who the hell is gonna roll by and check that you have a number written in your canopy? Maybe cops that get a complaint, and that is pretty rare. The older guys who have been in the hobby that I know completely ignore the newer regs, if you aren’t bothering anybody then nobody cares.
I don’t know whether to laugh or scream at how outrageous it is that out of all the issues that could benefit from bipartisan cooperation, THIS is what we get. Bunch of turds.
We don’t have to think hard as it actually is a bipartisan issue. Their lifestyles are now harder to track by us so it helps both party’s and their sugar daddies/mommies.
Ok I’m just going to make a open source project to track that’s jets adsb Signal and let people put a reserve at there house oh wait that’s just flight 24 it doesn’t matter what law makers do she can always be tracked by 1 person with a sdr and a antenna
What a bunch of bullshit, yet another example of how billionaires get their interests served but we just get to help make them even richer while being taxed, but not represented because we can’t afford the
bribeslobbying.Yup. Its amazing how quick and efficient the government is when rich peoples interests are involved
So… so… so… soooooo… many problems in this world and this is what they rush to “fix”. Wanna bet someone is going to figure out how to tie plane registration numbers with people regardless, do it through some third-world country who doesn’t give a shit about USA and we are back to square one.
But then how will we know when she takes her private jet jet jet to her private jet jet to her to her private jet?
Why would anyone want to? I seriously don’t understand this.
Why track it anyway?
Why not!?
