Musk: "We're going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction."

[Midnight Writer]

42. I am all in favor of "job maximizing" programs.

If we can spend billions subsidizing billionaires like Musk, subsidizing oil companies and pharma companies, subsidizing defense contractors, subsidizing corporate farms, then why shouldn't we provide decent jobs for scientists and engineers?

I'd love to see a massive expansion of government jobs. Subsidize internships, apprenticeships, entry level jobs, and rehabilitative jobs for those that need them. I believe a lot of our problems, such as poverty, crime, homelessness, and drug addiction, are the result of folks who have no decent jobs, no prospects, no marketable skills, no hope for the future.

We provided jobs during the Great Depression to keep America moving, and it was a magnificent success. Why do we not do this now?

An economy built from the bottom up serves ALL the people, not just the oligarchs. The oligarchs are doing fine. They don't need subsidies. It is the poor and working class that is in crisis and need attention.