US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers

Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by shkkmo on Sunday February 16, 2025 @08:40AM (#43067876)

> a legal-if-you-don't-look-at-it way to bribe the de facto head of the US government / the expectation of massive corruption

How does the sale of the debt help Elon Musk or Trump? They don't own that debt, they don't make money off that debt. Do you expect the fund managers to forgive the debt as a bribe? That would clearly be a bribe, but until that happens, it isn't and I don't think it is terribly likely.

There are plenty of real things to be upset over, you don't need to make up imaginary ones. All that does is dilute the real concerns and make your opposition less effective.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by XorNot on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:35AM (#43068822)

I'm saying when you see a lot of smoke coming from a house, the neighbours probably didn't just buy an industrial sized BBQ and suddenly decide to have a huge cook off after some kids threw a bottle through the window.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by shkkmo on Sunday February 16, 2025 @02:25PM (#43070844)

So you think a debt purchase is blindongly obvious example of bribery? Then it should be easy to explain how it is bribery.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by immibis on Sunday February 16, 2025 @05:36PM (#43072470)

You comply, we buy your asset for 5x its value. You don't comply, we don't. Simple.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by shkkmo on Sunday February 16, 2025 @11:51PM (#43075275)

The debt was the bank's asset, not Musk's or Trump's. That isn't an explanation.

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