{"id":1320,"date":"2025-06-04T13:44:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/elon-musk-warns-excessive-spending-will-plunge-us-into-debt-slavery\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:44:53","slug":"elon-musk-warns-excessive-spending-will-plunge-us-into-debt-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/elon-musk-warns-excessive-spending-will-plunge-us-into-debt-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk warns excessive spending will plunge US \u2018into debt slavery\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paywall has-gated-overlay gated-article-body\">\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk, who issued a scathing rebuke of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the House Republicans who voted for it, is sounding the alarm about America&#8217;s profligate spending, warning that it will plunge the nation &#8216;into debt slavery.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8216;This immense level of overspending will drive America into debt slavery!&#8217; Musk declared early on Wednesday in a post on X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His warning comes as the U.S. national debt is more than $36 trillion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Interest payments already consume 25% of all government revenue. If the massive deficit spending continues, there will only be money for interest payments and nothing else! No social security, no medical, no defense \u2026 nothing,&#8217; he declared in another post.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has been supporting the proposal that cleared the House last month, but on Tuesday, Musk blasted both the measure and those who voted for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019m sorry, but I just can\u2019t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,&#8217; Musk asserted in a post on X.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"\" data-video-title=\"White House defends \" data-video-id=\"6373837132112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"video\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Fox News&#8217; Peter Doocy brought up Musk&#8217;s critique on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that &#8216;the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn&#8217;t change the president&#8217;s opinion. This is one big, beautiful bill, and he&#8217;s stickin&#8217; to it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Musk is pounding the drum on the importance of tackling America&#8217;s debt and spending problems.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"\" data-video-title=\"Trump requests to codify DOGE cuts as Elon Musk dishes criticism of \" data-video-id=\"6373843312112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"video\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;Mammoth spending bills are bankrupting America! ENOUGH,&#8217; Musk declared in a tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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