Recently soon to be ex-governor Chris Sununu was on CNN with Dana Bash. This guy really likes to hear himself talk regardless of how foolish he may sound. To say that Elon Musk has no ulterior motives with respect to government interference is gas lighting 101. Most recently Musk, who is not an elected official, stuck his nose in the House of Representatives business affairs. He was able to quash a bipartisan agreement that both parties had agreed to over months of negotiating. The House failed to pass the resolution, rewrote it and then passed the revised version. What did Musk get out of this? They removed a part of the bill that would restrict business dealings in China. Musk’s Tesla has its largest factory in China, half of Tesla sales are in China. If that isn’t an ulterior motive, then I’ll eat my shirt.

In and around April of 2024 Musk laid off around 10 percent of Tesla’s workforce. He has begun filling those positions, that were held by American citizens, with you guessed it, H-1B applicants. Now Musk is wanting even more H-1B applicants, for cheaper labor and indentured servitude. Next item is the billions Musk and SpaceX receive from the government every year paid for with taxpayer monies. Which in turn brings us to this ridiculous fake department called ‘Doge.’ Does anyone think that Musk will make any recommendations in cutting funding to SpaceX? No, he is expecting to get large tax cuts for the wealthy, more H-1B workers, and cuts to programs that affect 99.9 percent of Americans.

Paul Pelchat

Thornton