Musk Seeks Post Office, Amtrak Privatization

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America's Richest Oligarch Wants to Privatize USPS and Amtrak

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Elon Musk said Wednesday that he wants to privatize the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak .

The billionaire made the remarks teleconferencing from a conference in San Francisco .

He has a vested interest in killing mass transit in the United States , as a car company owner.

He's the ultimate arbiter of the government’s funding apparatus, despite having no authority to do so.

News broke late Wednesday that Trump was planning to sign an executive order soon that would abolish the Department of Education , according to the Wall Street Journal , yet another thing that can’t be legally accomplished without a vote in Congress . But there’s no sign that Trump or Musk plan to respect the rule of law anytime soon..

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