‘Highway robbery’: NYC comptroller accuses Musk of stealing $80m from city

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-new-york-fema-b2697262.html

49 comments

  1. I agree that it is highway robbery. But somebody please explain how you can remove money from an account that is not yours.

    Ominously–we are going to see more of this.

  3. I’m angry and disgusted at the current state of the US.

    Hello, US citizen here who works in healthcare. I just want to express that we as Americans are having our rights stolen away from us in real time and the longer we do nothing about it, the morning entrenched Trump and Musk will become with controlling every facet of our lives. Can anyone here other than the billionaire class say that they benefit from getting US AID, Medicare, Medicaid, social security, cancer research grants, and medical research grants being cut at a federal level?

    Look around everyone. Unless we rise up and help support our neighbors and the common man, we WILL end up much worse than russia. Does anyone here want to invade Canada or Greenland? Does anyone here want to be embroiled in a civil war? Are you happy that an unelected billionaire is controlling the current federal government and personally enriching himself?

    We need to realize that this administration is blatantly ignoring the constitution of omthe United States. Mark my words, Trump will continue to ignore lawsuits and fire inspector generals. By disarming the legislative branch, they are consolidating power to make themselves proxy kings.

    We have to fight at every turn and every moment against the oligarchy and monarchy shaping itself right now in our government. No longer can we think that’s someone else will take care of the problem. It’s our country we have to take it back.

    Otherwise the great American experiment is dead, millions of Americans will be homeless, without basic medical care, social services, and dying in the streets.

    America as a population we need to GROW A FUCKING BACKBONE.

  4. So he stole the money meant to reimburse NYC? It falls right in line with Trump’s lifelong policy of not paying his damn bills.

  5. The fix is already in. They are going to let Adams in on the grift and pardon him for his past crimes. A democrat NYC mayor doesn’t vacation at Mar-a-lago by coincidence.

  6. Absolutely it is. Those funds were given because of Desantis’ and Abbot’s little stunt of moving immigrants to northern cities. Is anyone touching TX and FL’s funds?

  7. That’s hilarious. A South African who has barely been an American most his life (and did so through wealth) is in control of our country and tax money. Lol.

  10. This doesn’t look good for his X financial service.
    When he was in the Oval Office he sounded to be in disgust that government workers could have a high net worth(there are lots of reasons why that may be)
    It sounds like he just wants to grow his own wealth.

  11. I really hate seeing his vanishingly small, beady little eyes in the news every day. 

  13. So Adams paid $80M to get out of his DOJ investigation…

  15. While I have no doubt this is all about taking money from the 99% and the US government to enrich themselves we can only rely on ourselves to stop it.

    Call, email and protest loudly. Don’t wait for it to be your job or bank account that they are stealing.

  16. If the federal government isn’t honoring its debt to NY, then maybe NY shouldn’t be honoring its debts to the federal government. And the federal government has a lot more debt.

  17. This is their playbook. [Start with looking into Curtis Yarvin](https://www.canva.com/design/DAGecMOm130/d6vWOxUcnSov-RWgemmCvQ/view?utm_content=DAGecMOm130&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h6cd4301a1a). We need to spread the word.

    A [quick reading](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump) on Curtis and his connection with Trump from December.

    ——

    *“Trump himself will not be the brain of this butterfly. He will not be the CEO. He will be the chairman of the board—he will select the CEO (an experienced executive). This process, which obviously has to be televised, will be complete by his inauguration—at which the transition to the next regime will start immediately.”*

    A [relevant excerpt from his writings](https://graymirror.substack.com/p/the-butterfly-revolution?ref=thenerdreich.com) from **2022**

  18. As a state, withhold 160 million in federal tax payments. Cut public utilities to all Trump properties. Send a message.

  21. Well, that’s a state crime that can’t be pardoned. So, they need to get on that.

  22. NY should send every inspector they got to Trump Tower and shut it down for a list of reasons.  Hold it hostage in regulatory tape, it’s the only wayTrump will play.  Mess with his money.

  25. Didn’t spacex just got 98M? I wonder where that money came from…..

  26. time for a bank run? if he can take this money and the banks will approve yours is not safe

  27. What’s to prevent Elon or his team from doing this to citizens they don’t like or want to remove from opposition? I feel like this is the beginning.

  28. How do you steal 80million dollars from the bank and expect nobody to notice. The alarm should have been raised as soon as it was requested. Dumb bank.

  29. My hope and at this point, fantasy – is that this would be cause for NY State to see if they can do any State civil or better yet, criminal charges of some sort of NY law about unauthorized fuckery to state monetary accounts or something.

    It’s not surprising that NY is on Melon and Trump’s hit list considering that Trump was convicted in NY State and he is being held liable for nearly half a billion in his false valuation case- and it’s apparent that everything being done is by impulse and not a full plan or a thought out one.

  30. I feel like this should be a bigger deal than it is being made out to be.

    It is absolutely not legal for them to take that money.

  31. Expect to see NYC bend over and take this sort of abuse now that Eric Adams is totally under Trump’s control.

  32. It’s literally our money. Our (New Yorkers’) tax dollars fund a good portion of the rest of the federal money for the U.S as well, as do other larger population and income states like California. I guess Republicans only like socialism when it benefits them.

  33. Often we use “highway robbery” to mean charging an unfair price.

    In this case it’s literal theft.

    It’d be more effective to choose a stronger term.

  35. Gotta love the banks processing illegal transactions.

  36. And no one will do anything about it. What’s that saying again about good people doing nothing? Ahh probably doesn’t matter anymore, right?

  40. Whats to stop Elon from taking your money out of the bank?

  41. Can he be charged for stealing $80m? That seems like it would come with at least a little jail time. Aren’t these procurements technically laws that can be broken?

  43. Next, you’ll tell me that the government wants to buy Tesla trucks which is basically the Techno-Fascist buying their own shit! 

  44. How long will we as a populace allow this to happen before we do something about musk?

  46. When billionaires started popping up, we all wanted a Batman or Tony Stark but what we got was Lex Luthor

  49. Robbery? It’s just payment from the mayor Mr.Jeffries

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