Elon Musk Pressured GOP Lawmakers To Remove Child Cancer Treatment Programs From Spending Bill, Advocates Say It ...

[CentralMass]

Could Take Decades To Recover
https://share.newsbreak.com/f48fo0j7
"After Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed a must-pass spending bill last December, lawmakers were pressured to remove two cancer-treatment measures from it.
Even though the funding deal was first agreed upon by Congressional leadership, it came under attack after Musk condemned the bill on social media. His criticism put pressure on lawmakers, specifically Republicans, and eventually, the Gabriella Miller program and the Give Kids A Chance Act were stripped from the bill.
The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 was designed to increase funding for childhood cancer and rare disease research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It was named after Gabriella Miller, a ten-year-old advocate who died due to brain cancer in 2013
This legislation had strong bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. Because of Musk’s pressure, provisions that would have allocated $190 million toward life-saving pediatric cancer plans were removed from the final spending package."

[newdeal2]

1. Real life Mr. Burns but without the warmth and humor

[bronxiteforever]

2. The brain drain and science gap will cost American lives

and standard of living. Other countries will pass us or already have passed us. The GOP cheers America getting its ass kicked daily by their policies.

But maga right?

[Nasruddin]

3. Elonned

You mean the brain drain that apparently happened to Elon?

[xuplate]

4. He is not human. Maybe he is a bot.

[erronis]

5. Somebody, somewhere has an explanation for why Musk meddled in our government/budget

I understand sociopathy and psychopathy (well not really), but there still has to be some motivation that got him up every day from his drugged sleep to try to destroy basic humanity.

I'll accept the "more money for him" argument but I think there is something much stronger.

(in western MA)

[rubbersole]

6. All the investigations into his business interests were effectively stopped.

Hey, second best $275 million he ever spent. DOGE was never about "government fraud and waste". It was an important step in the implementation of Project 2025. It worked.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Everyone who has cancer should be treated and studied. For the good of all, like, well, vaccines.

[BurnDoubt]

8. Way too much influence from players with no skin in the game

Who voted for Leonard Leo, or Laura Loomer?
Yet they have more influence over policy than anybody, apparently.
Only the Best People.
Poo Tee Weet.