Elon Musk and his cost-cutting U.S. DOGE Service team have been on a mission to trim government largesse. Yet Musk is one of the greatest beneficiaries of the taxpayers’ coffers.
Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
The payments stretch back more than 20 years. Shortly after becoming CEO of a cash-strapped Tesla in 2008, Musk fought hard to secure a low-interest loan from the Energy Department, according to two people directly involved with the process, holding daily briefings with company executives about the paperwork and spending hours with a government loan officer.
Dumb. 1. If everyone is doing it then so should you, there is no Mitzvah not to take advantage of legal government tax loopholes or loans that the democrats are doing. Particularly, in light of Teslas critical role in Carbon Neutrality.
ReplyDelete2. Unlike other performers, Musk actually provides the government a benefit for its bargain. As opposed to uber-corrupt contracts like being that request spending of 10x of Space X for doing 1/2 as much.