There are lots of cafes that give free coffee to people wearing “I voted” stickers on Election Day. Is that illegal? Because it’s basically the same thing.
Musk isn’t giving everyone a million dollars. He’s giving people lottery tickets, and they might be worth a million dollars but are far more likely to be worthless.
You can buy such lottery tickets yourself, and they cost about the same as a cup of coffee.
Ohh, so any registered voter, that supports any candidate and policies can get this lotto ticket, exactly like your hypothetical coffee shop that just looks for “I voted” stickers?
Youre saying this lottery is fully non partisan and is open to all voters equally?
Youre saying this lottery is fully non partisan and is open to all voters equally?
I’m not the person you were talking too but the answer to your question is no and that’s actually a GOOD thing because in order to get the “lottery ticket” you don’t have to vote. All you have to do is be a registered voter and sign the petition, that’s it and that’s all.
Elon himself “You can be from any or no political party and you don’t even have to vote in order to sign the petition.”
The scheme is still scummy and looks bad, I won’t argue that.
One is giving you a gift worth less than $5 for taking part in society, the other is paying you $1M for saying you will vote a specific way. And before you say a gift is a gift, the government has a definition of a gift when it comes to fraud, waste, and abuse. Heck, if we go by your insane equivocation of the two things, those “I voted” stickers are the same as getting free coffee.
There are lots of cafes that give free coffee to people wearing “I voted” stickers on Election Day. Is that illegal? Because it’s basically the same thing.
Somehow a free cup of joe or a free million dollars balances out. Yeah basically the same.
Musk isn’t giving everyone a million dollars. He’s giving people lottery tickets, and they might be worth a million dollars but are far more likely to be worthless.
You can buy such lottery tickets yourself, and they cost about the same as a cup of coffee.
Ohh, so any registered voter, that supports any candidate and policies can get this lotto ticket, exactly like your hypothetical coffee shop that just looks for “I voted” stickers?
Youre saying this lottery is fully non partisan and is open to all voters equally?
I’m not the person you were talking too but the answer to your question is no and that’s actually a GOOD thing because in order to get the “lottery ticket” you don’t have to vote. All you have to do is be a registered voter and sign the petition, that’s it and that’s all.
Elon himself “You can be from any or no political party and you don’t even have to vote in order to sign the petition.”
The scheme is still scummy and looks bad, I won’t argue that.
what if the coffee shop only gave out coffee to those with both maga hats and I voted stickers?
Yeah, that’s my point. Their fictional analogy doesn’t track.
One is giving you a gift worth less than $5 for taking part in society, the other is paying you $1M for saying you will vote a specific way. And before you say a gift is a gift, the government has a definition of a gift when it comes to fraud, waste, and abuse. Heck, if we go by your insane equivocation of the two things, those “I voted” stickers are the same as getting free coffee.