Elon Musk said a recession would be ‘good’ for the economy because it’ll hurt work-from-home fans and ‘foolish’ business owners he believes deserve to go bankrupt.
The Tesla billionaire, 50 – who is worth $218billion – has never been shy about sharing his opinions on Twitter and said he thought a recession would be a ‘good thing’ when asked on Thursday.
‘[Recession] actually a good thing,’ he tweeted. ‘It has been raining money on fools for too long. Some bankruptcies need to happen.
‘Also, all the Covid stay-at-home stuff has tricked people into thinking that you don’t actually need to work hard. Rude awakening inbound!’
Elon Musk, 50, (pictured at the Met Gala) said a recession would be a ‘good thing’ because it has been ‘raining money on fools for too long. Some bankruptcies need to happen’Musk may be referencing the multiple rounds of stimulus that was offered during the height of the pandemic to both businesses and people and the increasing amount of office workers who prefer to work from the comforts of their own home.
He has long boasted of his ferocious worth ethic, and is well-known to drive his staff extremely hard.
Musk warned staffers at Twitter he’d work them to the bone when the deal closes – but insisted he’d still work harder.
Thursday’s tweet also suggests Musk will force the San Francisco-headquartered firm’s workforce back into its offices, despite previously calling for it to be converted into a homeless shelter.
The SpaceX founder also said he thought the recession would last ‘about 12 to 18 months,’ based on historical recessions, he said on the social platform.
‘Companies that are inherently negative cash flow (ie. value destroyers) need to die, so that they stop consuming resources,’ he continued.
The question came after asset management company BlackRock warned that the IRS could raise interest rates to offset inflation, which could lead to a recession.
‘The Fed’s hawkish pivot has raised the risk that markets see rates staying in restrictive territory,’ the company said, according to Fox News. ‘The year-to-date selloff partly reflects this, yet we see no clear catalyst for a rebound. If they hike interest rates too much, they risk triggering a recession. If they tighten not enough, the risk becomes runaway inflation. It’s tough to see a perfect outcome.’
The entire debate on the recession came after the Met Gala attendee posted a poll asking: ‘Who do you trust less? Real question. Politicians or Billionaires.’
Not one to shy away from a political stance, he tweeted: ‘@aoc I dare you to run the same poll with your followers.’
The comment comes after Cortez, 32, announced plans to ditch her Tesla, weeks after Musk told her to stop flirting with him on Twitter.
The Green New Deal-backing politician told Bloomberg in an interview Wednesday that she wants to switch to an electronic car that is made domestically by unionized workers.
Currently, the only such vehicles she could consider are Ford’s huge F-150 Lightning truck, which will be released later this year, or a Chevy Bolt.
The recession conversation started after Musk posted a poll asking: ‘Who do you trust less? Real question. Politicians or Billionaires’ and asked AOC (pictured) to post the same poll after she said she wanted to ditch her Tesla
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