OT: Jethreauxdawg and Jeffreauxdawg to the Moon

[leeinator]

Katrina II may teach Musk a thing or two about the Gulf Coast.

Yep, he better plan and develop some serious Category 5 Hurricane protection.

 

[ckDOG]

The Lefty Lunatics griped that with his money, he could feed the homeless. They gave a number even.

He put out there that he would write the check immediately, but he had to be the one to oversee the distribution of funds. They said never mind.

That tells you right there, they wanted most of his check for themselves, not the homeless.

Elon's own Grok (Cool tool. Go Elon!) says this in response to your claim. Reconsider your sources.

No, the specific claim as stated is not true (or at least not supported by evidence). It appears to be a distorted or apocryphal retelling that mixes elements of a real 2021 exchange about world hunger with Musk’s later public criticism of homelessness NGOs and incentives.


What actually happened on a related topic


In late October 2021, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley publicly noted that roughly $6 billion could help 42 million people on the brink of starvation. Musk replied on X (then Twitter) that if the WFP could describe exactly how $6B would solve world hunger (with open-source accounting so the public could see precisely how the money was spent), he would sell Tesla stock and do it.


Beasley responded that $6B would not fully “solve” world hunger but would prevent instability/mass migration and save those 42 million people; he affirmed transparency systems existed, offered to meet, and later the WFP published a detailed ~$6.6B plan (food procurement/delivery, cash/vouchers, program management, etc.). Musk did not donate the $6B to the WFP (he made large Tesla-share donations around that period that went elsewhere, including reportedly to his own foundation in some cases). There was no “they said never mind” or rejection of oversight; the WFP engaged and provided details.


This was about global hunger/starvation risk, not domestic U.S. homelessness.


Homelessness-related comments from Musk


Musk has repeatedly criticized what he calls the “homeless industrial complex” or NGOs paid in ways that (in his view) create incentives to maintain or increase the number of people counted as homeless rather than solve root issues (severe addiction, mental illness). He has described much street homelessness as involving “violent drug zombies” or similar, argued the term “homeless” is often propaganda/misleading, and pointed to large California spending coinciding with rising numbers.


No credible reports match the exact sequence in the statement: critics naming a specific sum for feeding the U.S. homeless → Musk offering an immediate check only if he personally oversees distribution → the critics then saying “never mind.” Viral claims of large Musk donations specifically for homeless shelters or housing have often been debunked as false or unverified.


Bottom line


People (including from the political left) have long criticized billionaires’ wealth relative to social problems like homelessness or hunger and suggested they should give more. Musk has conditioned large potential gifts on transparency/accountability and has argued that many existing homelessness programs have perverse incentives. The particular story as phrased—leftists naming a number for the homeless, Musk offering to write the check under his oversight, and them declining—does not appear to be a documented event. It more closely resembles a politicized paraphrase or conflation of the 2021 WFP exchange with Musk’s broader critiques.

 

[Curby]

Elon's own Grok (Cool tool. Go Elon!) says this in response to your claim. Reconsider your sources.

I guess he didn't provide thousands of free StarLink to hurricane victims in the Carolinas either.

 

[ckDOG]

I guess he didn't provide thousands of free StarLink to hurricane victims in the Carolinas either.

What's that got to do with what you or Grok said?

 

[Curby]

What's that got to do with what you or Grok said?

I'm just asking whether that was BS as well. I don

What's that got to do with what you or Grok said?

You Lefties that try to paint Elon as the devil are just pissed that his money doesn't go to woke causes

 

[theoriginalSALTYdog]

I guess he didn't provide thousands of free StarLink to hurricane victims in the Carolinas either.

He also donated hundreds of generators to ice storm victims in MS this past January.

 

[ckDOG]

I'm just asking whether that was BS as well. I don

You Lefties that try to paint Elon as the devil are just pissed that his money doesn't go to woke causes

I don't know. I think I've read that he's donated starlink assets in disaster areas.

Elon isn't the devil. He's a rich guy trying to get what he wants - as rich guys do. Is Soros the devil?

 

[She Mate Me]

Is Soros the devil?

No idea, but a I am lost about what exactly his end goal is for this country. I find a lot of the things he seems to put his money towards to be more likely to make this country worse and more unstable.

 

[tbaydog]

 

[Curby]

Is Soros the devil?

if it is true that Soros funds these riots by Antifa where people end up dead and property destroyed, he aint a saint.

And before you say it. jan 6 was wrong as well.