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Wed May 27, 2026, 03:51 PM May 27

Did Elon Musk Just Rig the Stock Market? - More Perfect Union

Elon Musk wants a SpaceX IPO valuing the company at upwards of $1.75 trillion.

To get there, he got the rules changed so that index funds, with millions of Americans' retirement savings, are forced to buy in.

Retirees could take huge losses, while insiders cash out

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Did Elon Musk Just Rig the Stock Market? - More Perfect Union (Original Post) Sector 001 May 27 OP
Well, he confessed to rigging the 2024 election, so why not? BComplex May 27 #1
I was taxed a lot of $$$ to liquidate my IRAs but the $$ that is at risk had I stayed in that in2herbs May 27 #2

BComplex

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1. Well, he confessed to rigging the 2024 election, so why not?
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:06 PM
May 27

There is no end to the criminality allowed in the USA these days.

in2herbs

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2. I was taxed a lot of $$$ to liquidate my IRAs but the $$ that is at risk had I stayed in that
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:07 PM
May 27

Ponzi scheme would have been more.

There's enough info out there for middle-America investors to be informed, but whether they will take advantage of the info as another question.

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