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Billionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk calls for firing of FTC chair Lina Khan (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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The world's richest man on Thursday joined the billionaire chorus calling for the firing of Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan, a consumer and antitrust champion whose aggressive actions against corporate consolidation have made her a target of prominent executives and Republicans in Congress.

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[–] lumilite@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago

that’s how you know she’s doing a good job

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For a guy that owns so many companies, he sure has a lot of time to do literally anything but run his companies. Almost like his job is pointless...

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All CEOs

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed, but especially this one.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

I keep thinking of that line in The Dark Knight where Rachel says to Harvey

"But the fact that they're trying to kill you, means we're getting to them."

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

If the rich are complaining about someone or something they should be kept and protected.