[dylan604]

Did the total of fines the US gov't was looking to levy on Musk total up to more than the $44Billion he spent on Twitter?

[robofanatic]

$44B is peanuts for a soon to be trillionaire

[dylan604]

Doesn't make it a good deal. Just means he can afford to make bad deals.

[dlev_pika]

This is part of what people miss about poverty - it’s incredibly unforgiving.

By contrast, the more money you have the more mistakes you can afford to make

[exe34]

When you are the richest man in the world, you can afford to do things out of spite. But we won't know - he got rid of the people who could have fined him.

[dylan604]

It just seems highly unlikely the USG would issue a >$44Billion dollar set of fines to anybody.

[exe34]

No being in prison might be worth more than any fines.