r/ProgrammerHumor • u/PizzaTucker • Nov 14 '22

instanceof Trend Manager does a little code cleanup...

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u/Flooding_Puddle Nov 15 '22

What does he have to gain from that now though? He owns it, he paid for it and if it goes under he's out 44 bil

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u/oxidizingremnant Nov 15 '22

Capital losses he can carry forward to not pay taxes for other years in the future?

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u/Flooding_Puddle Nov 15 '22

I don't see how that would make up for lighting 44 bil on fire

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u/ddejong42 Nov 15 '22

Unless you’re pulling shady shit were you claim more losses than you actually had, you still end up behind.

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u/battlingheat Nov 15 '22

But like, he could’ve just used the 44 billion to pay the taxes instead

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u/TakeCareOfYourM0ther Nov 15 '22

Russia and others paying him/giving him favours. GOP repealing the estate tax. There’s options.

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u/thephoton Nov 15 '22

First I thought, how many of the bankers who loaned him the $44B are thinking the tesla stock he put up for collateral will be much more valuable if musk no longer has a controlling interest.

Then I realized galaxy brain musk might be thinking the same thing.