1) Short term, I guess. In view of the massive deleveraging going on right now in debt-ridden Western economies, it's surprising how some of these entitlement programs have held up as well as they have; and now - with the imminence of "Obamacare" - others are about to be extended. ...
In the two years since Elon Musk bought X, formerly known as Twitter, ad revenue and users have seemingly poured onto other social media platforms, like Facebook and Reddit. Meanwhile, X appears to have gotten much less valuable.