The Tony Michaels Podcast
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I Didn't Expect This From Elon Musk — Here's Why | TMP #1071
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Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire.
But here's the question nobody seems to be asking:
Did some of the workers get rich too?
In today's Opening Argument, I tell the story of a former Walmart employee who remembers when Sam Walton walked the aisles, knew workers by name, and gave employees a chance to own a piece of the company they helped build.
That story led me to a surprising question about SpaceX.
Not whether Elon Musk is a hero.
Not whether billionaires should exist.
But whether workers deserve a chance to share in the prosperity they help create.
If SpaceX workers received ownership in the company they helped build, that's worth talking about. Not because Elon Musk deserves praise, but because it proves something important:
Shared prosperity is possible.
The bigger question is whether it should depend on the goodwill of the billionaire at the top.
This is a story about workers, ownership, dignity, and what a square deal should look like in America.
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