Why are we trusting Musk with vital data

Elon Musk, a South African born billionaire, has gained access to some of the most sensitive computer systems in the U.S. Treasury, down to the level of your and my individual Social Security numbers and tax return information.

Unelected and with dubious authority, he and a set of young programmers have been allowed to view a wide range of privileged financial data on ordinary Americans and companies that do business with the U.S. government. And they’ve been allowed to, despite denials from the White House and Treasury Department, make changes to those computer systems, raising the dangers of serious compromises of data security.

What Musk, an unelected private citizen, and his minions intend to do with that data or those systems is unclear: Will he use it to gain financial advantage versus his competitors in vying for government contracts? Will he use it to wield power against perceived individual and corporate entities? Will he use it to help design cuts to programs like Medicare, Social Security and veterans’ benefits to fund the massive tax breaks for billionaires and corporations that Republicans are planning?

Do you trust Elon Musk with your most personal information?

Why is President Trump letting him run wild?

Andrew Morris

Schenectady

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