{"id":1096301,"date":"2021-12-07T20:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096301"},"modified":"2021-12-07T20:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:59:28","slug":"elon-musk-joe-biden-should-scrap-crazy-infrastructure-bill-calls-for-spending-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-joe-biden-should-scrap-crazy-infrastructure-bill-calls-for-spending-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk: Joe Biden Should Scrap &#039;Crazy&#039; Infrastructure Bill, Calls for Spending Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-joe-biden-should-scrap-crazy-infrastructure-bill-calls-for-spending-cuts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Elon Musk has once again slammed Joe Biden\u2019s $555 billion infrastructure bill, calling it \u201ccrazy,\u201d and calling on lawmakers not to pass it, despite its subsidies for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d legislation has passed the House, but still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/29\/majority-oppose-bidens-radical-build-back-better-plan\/\">needs approval<\/a> in the Senate before heading to Joe Biden\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18979250\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/virus-outbreak-biden-president-joe-biden-speaks-south-court-auditorium-white-house-campus-wednesday.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18979250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/virus-outbreak-biden-president-joe-biden-speaks-south-court-auditorium-white-house-campus-wednesday.png\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. Biden is set to kick of more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots on Dec. 2, as he unveils a his winter plans to combat the coronavirus. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17597770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elon-Musk-strikes-a-pose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17597770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elon-Musk-strikes-a-pose.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk strikes a pose\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk strikes a pose (Pool\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The bill would benefit Tesla, Musk\u2019s electric car company, since it boosts the existing $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles by an additional&nbsp;$2,500 for vehicles made in the United States, and a further $2,500 for EVs produced by unionized workers.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla would currently qualify for the first boost, and would qualify for the second if its workers become unionized in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also contains provisions for building a network of electric charging stations across the country, something that would in theory also boost the EV industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Nevertheless, Musk opposes the legislation, citing the larger problem of unchecked government spending. In remarks to the&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<\/em>CEO council summit, the billionaire entrepreneur said he would just \u201ccan this whole bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t just spend $3 trillion more than you earn every year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/video\/elon-musk-on-infrastructure-and-what-comes-next-for-tech-innovation\/D6D76CC2-41D8-499A-B645-E7A2AFDCE47E.html\">Musk said<\/a>. \u201cIf you don\u2019t cut government spending, something really bad\u2019s gonna happen. This is crazy. Our spending is so far in excess of revenue. It\u2019s insane. Like, you could zero out all billionaires in the country [and] you still wouldn\u2019t solve the deficit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m literally saying get rid of all subsidies,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has been one of Joe Biden\u2019s more vocal critics in the business community, regularly mocking the President on social media.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News\u2019 Lucas Nolan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/09\/20\/hes-still-sleeping-elon-musk-snipes-at-president-biden-after-spacex-snub\/\">recently reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>One of Musk\u2019s Twitter followers asked him: \u201cThe President of the United States has refused to even acknowledge the 4 newest American astronauts who helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for St. Jude. What\u2019s your theory on why that is?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded \u201cHe\u2019s still sleeping,\u201d which appeared to be reminiscent of former President Donald Trump\u2019s nickname for Biden, \u201cSleepy Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk has also accused the Biden administration of being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/09\/30\/elon-musk-targets-joe-biden-biased-against-tesla-controlled-by-unions\/\">controlled by unions<\/a>:\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p>While speaking at the Code Conference in California on Tuesday, Musk was asked about the tweet from earlier this month in which he criticized President Biden. Musk responded that Biden is \u201cnot the friendliest, pointing specifically to an electric vehicle event that the White House hosted last month \u2014 one which Tesla was not invited to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden held this EV summit \u2014 didn\u2019t invite Tesla. Invited GM, Ford, Chrysler, and UAW [United Auto Workers Union]. An EV summit at the White House. Didn\u2019t mention Tesla once, and praised GM and Ford for leading the EV revolution,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Biden administration is a \u201clittle biased or something \u2026 just not the friendliest administration\u2026 Seems to be controlled by unions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Most recently, Musk suggested that there should be an age limit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/12\/03\/elon-musk-takes-another-shot-at-joe-biden-by-suggesting-age-limit-for-elected-officials\/\">\u201cjust below 70\u201d<\/a> for candidates who wish to run for political office, a rule which would exclude Biden from running again \u2014 although it would also exclude Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has once again slammed Joe Biden\u2019s $555 billion infrastructure bill, calling it \u201ccrazy,\u201d and calling on lawmakers not to pass it, despite its subsidies for electric vehicles. 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