The entrepreneur said that within just a few years, we will live in a world marked by a great surplus, where "better medical care than anyone has today" will be "available for everyone within five years." He also said that there will be "no scarcity of goods and services" and you'll be able to learn anything you want. Musk continued, explaining that there will be such a surplus that life will no longer require people to save in order to ensure they are taken care of later on.
Standing alone at the Capitol on the 13th day of the shutdown, the speaker said he was unaware of the details of the thousands of federal workers being fired by the Trump administration. It's a highly unusual mass layoff widely seen as way to seize on the shutdown to reduce the scope of government. Vice President JD Vance has warned of "painful" cuts ahead, even as employee unions sue.