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Elon Musk has revealed he will give the SpaceX stock he personally owns to every child in the United States. AFPBB News reported the story on October 19, 2026, and a thread quickly sprang up on 5ch’s News Flash+ board. Word also spread that rather than issuing new shares, the stock would be distributed by transferring Musk’s personal holdings into the U.S. Treasury’s “Trump Accounts.” Reactions in the thread were mixed — some praised it as a generous giveback, while others wondered whether receiving shares might be conditional on supporting the Republican Party, and whether it would affect the stock price or existing shareholders.
Musk to Gift SpaceX Stock to Every Child in America: AFPBB News
October 19, 2026, 19:16
Dateline: Washington/United States [ United States, North America ]
Source: afpbb.com / Original article here
What people said
Though I guess the benefits are probably worth that cost
Every single kid in America is gonna have a brokerage account opened lol
What are you even talking about
There's no way it costs that much
It's Elon we're talking about
Right now it's a bit over 20,000 yen
"Worthless paper"? Spoken like a true boomer
Hmm…
My mom's already 80 though…
Bit late to tell her to go get American citizenship now…
She's already asleep, guess I'll ask her tomorrow
I bet it's limited to people confirmed to have voted Republican
Though before that, if the Republicans lose the midterms this whole thing probably gets scrapped anyway
"If everyone in the world invested, everyone could profit (get richer)" — that's entirely plausible under how capitalism works. The feeling that "it's weird for everyone to profit" comes from treating investing like gambling (horse racing, casinos), a 'zero-sum game' where someone's winnings are someone else's losses. But the real nature of stock investing is a 'positive-sum game' — the world's total wealth (value) keeps growing, so everyone's slice of the pie gets bigger.
Of course it says that — it's just regurgitating stuff scraped from investment news and sites run by people who want you to invest
In reality some people do lose money, and companies don't always grow or keep expanding forever
This is starting to feel like the nationwide version of that
But it's not really doing that, at least for now
It's not new share issuance, right? He's just giving away his own holdings?
If so the stock price shouldn't drop
But aren't those shares supposed to be locked up for at least another six months? Is it really okay to transfer them like this?
Wait, why does Musk support the Republicans again?
America still has dreams left in it
Because there's no bureaucratic red tape
And no universal health insurance either
Won't the existing shareholders complain about this?
The big shareholders are basically all his buddies anyway
How can something you got for free count as a "loss"?
Rich people get bashed a lot, but there are ones like this who give back
If you own stock since childhood you learn why investing matters
Wish Japan would take a page from this ヽ( ´_つ｀)ノ
Japan botched its talent development — it trained people strong in law and finance, and companies valued that
America and China trained up STEM talent instead
And that's how you end up with an Elon and a ton of IT and AI companies
Apparently it needs 12 hours of gas filling just to stay airborne for 6.7 seconds.
I get that he needs to generate buzz, but still.
Still more dream-worthy than Chinese-made EVs plastering screens all over the passenger side
I want to fly right over some car crawling along a rural highway lol
He's aiming for a society where anyone can collect generous welfare payments ("namapo") once AI and robots make human labor unnecessary
Why's that gotta be stock though (gouges your eyes out)
Future-proof welfare, huh. Good idea
Give UBI to Japanese kids too.
They're just transferring Elon Musk's own shares into them
The U.S. Treasury has launched a new investment/savings account program for children called "Trump Accounts," automatically enrolling tens of millions of kids.
That's America for you, incredible
Background and Key Points of This Story
This stock gift is built on the “Trump Accounts” system established under the Trump administration. Under this scheme, the U.S. Treasury automatically opens brokerage accounts for children and encourages contributions, and it appears Musk will transfer his own shares into these accounts. Since this isn’t a new share issuance, it shouldn’t dilute existing shareholders’ stakes — though since SpaceX is privately held, the actual state of its share price is hard for outsiders to verify. Some in the thread speculated the plan might fall through depending on the midterm election results, but that’s speculation not confirmed in the article itself — the only confirmed fact is the announcement that “every child in America” is the intended recipient.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (News Flash+) thread “Musk to Gift SpaceX Stock to Every Child in America.”
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