Elon Musk “would like to offer to pay the salaries” of struggling TSA workers amid the shutdown, he said on his social media site Saturday. I, too, would like to offer to pay them, as it happens. The difference is that I can’t, but Elon Musk’s net worth is a dollar amount beyond reckoning, and without any impact whatsoever on his personal wellbeing, he could easily move some assets around and scrounge up enough liquid cash to make it happen. But, again, Musk “would like to offer” to pay them. He didn’t say “I’m offering to pay them,” or better yet, “I have now paid them.” I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country Maybe he will. We at Gizmodo don’t know the future. It would be a relief if he did. For the second time in as many years, TSA agents are being asked to work for free until congressional action unblocks their paychecks. According to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, “A TSA agent doesn’t make the most amount of money[…] and they’re paying rent and trying to put food on the table. They can’t actually make ends meet during this time.” B
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Elon Musk “would like to offer to pay the salaries” of struggling TSA workers amid the shutdown, he said on his social media site Saturday. I, too, would like to offer to pay them, as it happens. The difference is that I can’t, but Elon…
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Elon Musk “would like to offer to pay the salaries” of struggling TSA workers amid the shutdown, he said on his social media site Saturday. I, too, would like to offer to pay them, as it happens. The difference is that…
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Elon Musk “would like to offer to pay the salaries” of struggling TSA workers amid the shutdown, he said on his social media site Saturday. I, too, would like to offer to pay them, as it happens. The difference is that I can’t, but Elon…
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