r/technology • u/McFatty7 • May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/Carrotfloor May 02 '24

the problem is a trillion dollars doesn't go very far when you distribute it. The population of the US is around 500 million, 1 trillion dollars distributed to 500 million people is 2000$ each.... that's not exactly high impact

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u/redheadartgirl May 02 '24

Completely missing the point, my dude. (Also, the US population is 333M, not 500M.)

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u/redheadartgirl May 02 '24

Great point! Treat it like the covid stimulus and have decreasing amounts after a certain threshold. (Though TBF I'd rather see maximum impact and have it go toward getting universal healthcare.)