“Well, to be honest, Elon Musk is paying the most money in the country right now with this SpaceX little job that they got down there in Southaven, you know what I’m saying. It’s a killing,” said Ray Massey, who also traveled from Gulfport, Mississippi, in hopes of data center work.” One electrician had a message for Elon Musk about the work. “Tell Elon Musk to stay, we love this money you’re giving us man,” the electrician said.

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Better vote Republican. The Dems hate Elon and will go after him just like they did Trump.
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Wealthy capitalists promote growth and jobs. Stop taxing them beyond reason so this can grow even larger!
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Elon be like🤣
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474 is our local here. Business is booming. Nobody's complaining about the work. I've never seen anything like this. It's hard work, but it's worth it.
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It’s a great time to be a blue collar hard worker in America !
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Repost this everywhere. This is the greatest advertisement for American Citizen workers and a damnation of corporate and big box entities H-1B, et al, insertion of foreign workers and their families into USA. Lock all work visas down now. NOW.
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Empire builders provide jobs until socialist taxaholics pillage them to achieve equal poverty for all. Mexifornia is providing a live demonstration.
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Liberal = imaginary plan to help people…. Elon = reality to help people. Liberals, fuck off and leave making the world a better place to the adults…
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I'm astounded by people's reaction to this. It seems they need reminding that the US, and everything produced by it, is built by capitalism. If you don't like it, don't participate. If Elon is willing to pay top dollar to get this done, that's his right and God bless him.
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And here people write on X that Elon doesnt do anything for the people. Eat your words people. When has any other billionaires have done this.
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Good stuff ...I'm in Memphis a lot ...Memphis needs Elon....BIGLY !
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I’d hazard to guess that every man in this video was raised on cornbread :) Though I was raised in Flint, my parents are from Chattanooga. I love the South. Much love to these men who have an opportunity to earn a good living for themselves and their loved ones.
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Kids should be flocking into the electrical field
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Building phase of a data center creates literally thousands of construction jobs.
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8000 per week?! DANG I wish I was an electrician!!! 🙋🏽‍♀️💯🙏🏽🇺🇸
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"A Businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, He suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. A bureaucrat, forces you to obey his decisions, whether you agree with him or not... If he makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; If he fails, He passes the loss on to you, in the form of heavier taxes. Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for the nation's troubles and use as a justification of its own demands for dictatorial powers. In Soviet Russia, the scapegoat was the bourgeoisie; in Nazi Germany, it was the Jewish people; in America, it is the businessmen. America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes. They did not starve the people to pay for America's industrialization. They gave the people better jobs, higher wages, and cheaper goods with every new machine they invented, with every scientific discovery or technological advance- and thus the whole country was moving forward and profiting, not suffering, every step of the way." - Ayn Rand
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the way a whole region switched up on elon overnight is so funny to me. mississippi electricians were his biggest haters two years ago now theyre his campaign team
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I have family there. They are thrilled with the opportunity. Some of my nephews have started their EET courses at the local schools. Memphis, Southaven, Horn Lake, etc…..popping.
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If you love the money and jobs he brings to your State you better vote Republican 🤷‍♀️
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So sick of trouble makers on the city council. Thank you @elonmusk for bringing jobs to Memphis and sticking it out with all the flack you have received here.
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I can't blame them after all people want to work people want to make a living and feel worthy in their life. Elon is creating jobs. America wake up vote Republicans they are changing America to what it used to be, the grand old lady needs to rise from the ashes.
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Desoto County should be happy. Hopefully I'll be reaping some of those benefits soon. 🙌
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Yay Elon, but what's with the ridiculous voice affectation of the reporter.
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OMG. This guy took 3 days to get there and slept in the parking lot to get a job. Give him the jobs!😭
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Yeah, I'm glad he's spending our money on his phallic exploding rockets
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A data center uses less electricity than a large office building - uses less water than a golf course
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Thank you @elonmusk for 1st putting the local and state electricians 1st but 2nd the rest of the USA qualified electricians above visas. It’s obvious America has plenty of native workers!
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The @TheDemocrats love him too and plan to sue him after the midterms.
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AI is taking all the jobs!!! Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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To be honest, Elon is filthy rich because the American taxpayers. You want to talk about how many grants he’s received? And why the fuck would you fuck Steve Bannon, I thought your husband was a puke.
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Why are you pretending the residents of Southaven aren't currently suing over this data center? Data centers provide temp jobs during construction. They then provide minimal jobs for local residents. The highest-paid jobs will go to people who relocate or, knowing Elon, H-1Bs.
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Yet these bozo politicians want to stop the data center buildout. Got it.
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The CCP is funding these non-profits to disrupt the building of data centers. This is a national security issue. Why does Congress do NOTHING? Same with the SAVE Act. What’s the point of voting republican if only the executive branch works? taxnotes.com/research/federa…
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Southaven is just over the state line from Memphis and a couple miles from where I grew up. I'm having trouble believing the $8,000/wk. That's $200/hr. Maybe $8,000/mo.
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County; not country
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