Senate to give richest man on the planet $10 billion in welfare

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Jeff Bezos now has a space flight company, Blue Origin, that lost out on a $2.89 billion NASA contract to build a system to land astronauts on the moon in 2024, according to a Fox Business report.

Bezos, the richest man on earth, lost to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.  Musk’s bid was lower – a lot lower, according to Fox.

Poor Bezos lost his bid.

But, don’t worry, the Senate has come to his rescue. They plan to give him $10 billion in corporate welfare.

Rand Paul has a question for them: “Have you no decency?” Read on.

In stepped the generous-with-our-money Senators Maria Cantwell (D) and  Roger Wicker (R) to add a $10 billion amendment to the $130 billion “Endless Frontier Act”

It would “direct NASA to have two lander programs,” creating “another contract that Blue Origin would be favored to win.”

Bezos is worth a whopping $200 billion and the US Treasury is underwater.

That drew some bipartisan anger.

A first — we agree with Bernie who said: Jeff Bezos is the richest guy on the planet. He’s gotten $86 billion richer since the start of the COVID pandemic. Does he really need $10 billion from Congress for space exploration?

Bernie continued: When we landed on the moon, there was great collective pride in that achievement. Our space program should be something that we ALL take part in. We shouldn’t hand over $10B in corporate welfare to Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, who are jointly worth $350B, to fund their space hobby.

Senator Hawley asks: Why is the Senate preparing to give @amazon’s Jeff Bezos a $10 billion bailout?

Then Rand Paul with a great response: Cry me a river, Jeff Bezos lost out on a space contract so now Senate inserts a Bezos bailout provision for $10 billion for his space company?? Isn’t there some remnant of decency in Congress to oppose bailouts for billionaires?


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Nabi Rasch
3 years ago

Ain’t capitalism American-style wonderful–a beacon for the world?

Vetmike
Vetmike
3 years ago

So, how long will it take for our great grandchildren to pay this off?

Cynic
Cynic
3 years ago

Where was this thinking when Obozo was handing out billions?

Weezy
Weezy
3 years ago

No one expected Bezos to use his own money to buy MGM for $8.6 billion, did they?

Wordofreason
Wordofreason
3 years ago

I am surprised I am in total agreement with Bernie Sanders on this issue or any issue.