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who got rich with gov't money??
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Nice try.
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html
Musk is insane and lies when he opens his mouth. The whole operation runs on government dollars and tax breaks.
I was wondering the same thing. I wasn't aware he got subsidies. The article only pinpoints $4.9B, but it's an old article. Thanks for sharing.
Here's me googling "Elon musk 18 billion government":
https://abcnews.go.com/US/musk-works-slash-federal-spending-firms-received-billions/story?id=118589121
Yes, it talks about spacex winning $17B in federal contracts from the US government. That's not subsidies. The US government is a customer.
If we assume the 1B is the rest for Tesla, that's in EV subsidies. It isn't just Tesla that benefits from those. Any manufacturer that sells EVs does.
Yeah I just gave you a potential source for the meme but I guess if you really want to ride on his dick, he'sonly had 5 billion dollars in subsidies. And if you really want to be technical, that was as of 2015 before inflation. My apologies for stepping on your toes.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/elon-musk-rich-taxpayer-expense/
No need to be so combative. A shitty meme presenting falsehood does not help furthering the cause to tax the wealthy.
Looks like state subsidies, not federal?
Nice try, stan
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The article linked in the post I'm replying to, while from 2015, details $5.9 billion of subsidies that no-one I know approved in forms including tax breaks, century long $1 leasing deal in New York, rebates, and gifted sellable carbon credits.
This is separate to the $5.5 billion in SpaceTwitter contracts.
Both numbers, have, I'm sure I don't need to check any data sets to see have gone up in the 10 years since.