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carebear@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

who got rich with gov't money??

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who got rich with gov't money??

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carebear@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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    3 months ago

    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.

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      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

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        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.

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          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/

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            No need to be so combative. A shitty meme presenting falsehood does not help furthering the cause to tax the wealthy.

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