Re: $5m fine

On Wed, 9 Oct 2024, Auric Hellman wrote:

On 10/9/2024 5:01 AM, D wrote:

  On Tue, 8 Oct 2024, JAB wrote:
 

Brazil lifts ban on Musk's X after it pays $5m fine
 Brazil's Supreme Court has said it is lifting a ban on the social
media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
 In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes said that he authorised
the "immediate return" of X's activities in the country after it paid
hefty fines and blocked accounts accused of spreading misinformation.
 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y06vzk3yjo
 

 I wonder if he will reclaim the fine with some good, old fashioned creative accounting? I received a fine once of 200 EUR, and I did creative accounting and reclaimed 1500 EUR from the government as a matter of principle. So the fine led to a 1300 EUR loss for the government which pleased me enormously! =D

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People in Musk's financial stratosphere don't suffer losses, despite anything you may read to the contrary in the Wall Street Journal. He'll recoup his loss with some sort of tax break. After all, $5m is $5m.
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I agree. That would seem to be the logical and obvious path of events to me.