Musk threatens lawmakers who support stopgap funding bill

Elon Musk, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, came out against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., going forward with a stopgap government funding bill on Wednesday.

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[rogercunningham]

When is the government going to start worrying about the US people?

[MH_]

How about NO to allowing politicians to give themselves pay raises… and how about suspending ALL foreign aid until we have a budget.

[michaelc]

It includes a whopping 40% increase in pay for Congress!
Their salaries will go from 174k to 240k!!! For doing what - raising our taxes?!?!

[AaronWireman]

Congress peoples raises should be put through a National vote. They shouldnt be able to vote for it themselves. 😔

[AppalachianPatriot]

1500 pages with 19 hours to read it. That’s 78 pages an hour to read for 19 hours. Those politicians are sneaking stuff in including a raise for politicians.

[AlexRodriguez-dxxb]

a huge salary raise for congressmen, why?

[munchilous]

IM CONFUSE!!! THEY DONT LIKE SPENDING BUT IN THE BILL THEY GIVE THEMSELVES A

[joeyjones]

pay increase for congress sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me. They need fired not a raise!!!

[harveyfurst]

The problem with all these bills is that there is a ton of crappy provisions stuffed in which has nothing to do with keeping the Govt. open and the ones who are suffering are recipients of farming and disaster relief.

[joewearsadroolbib]

SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN AND STOP PAYING THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, UNTIL THEY BALANCE THE BUDGET.

[garywetzel]

No Raise for Politicians You only get what Social Security people get for a increase, you people don't work 8 hours a day

[stevehan]

Every American is expected to balance their household spending and budget because there are consequences for not doing so: collection agencies, bankruptcy, crushing debt and interest. But the federal government spends recklessly and wastes our taxpayer money every day. They do NOTHING to increase efficiency and reduce the deficit. Very IRRESPONSIBLE!

[MsWarriordiva]

NO PAY INCREASE FOR THE LEAST EFFECTIVE CONGRESS IN

[carla]

I love how oligarchs have now shifted from buying politicians to directly ruling.

[FatmaCem-ynxq]

With Elon and Trump now working with Qvarden Token is going to absolutely blow up

[MRick-cdkr]

If the Redskins want a new Stadium let them pay for it

[lynnhoff]

Mike Johnson needs to go! He’s a disgrace!

[SibelFevzi]

Musk's Qvarden Token announcement is coming soon. Easyest money if you get in on the ICO

[JonnyMReck]

You need to mention how Congress is also giving themselves a massive raise

[rickylegendesq.]

They could just tax the wealthy and corporations at a comparable level to the rest of us. That would be a nice source of revenue.