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HillarysStrapOn 52 points ago +53 / -1

This might actually make me like this guy. I think he’s made a lot of money via taxpayer handouts but at least he knows a commie dictator when he sees one NEWSOME IS A COMMIE State of Jefferson SOJ 51

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DrCowboyPresident 40 points ago +40 / -0

I think he’s made a lot of money via taxpayer handouts

That's the only way to have a big business these days. If you don't, the ones who do use the back channels will eat you alive.

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HillarysStrapOn 23 points ago +23 / -0

Fair point. Communism sucks ass Musk 4 Governor

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nowrongwrong 29 points ago +29 / -0

I'm not sure what taxpayer handouts you mean. The majority of his money is because he was a dot-com millionaire.

He began a Ph.D. in applied physics and material sciences at Stanford University in 1995 but dropped out after two days to pursue a business career. He subsequently co-founded (with his brother Kimbal) Zip2, a web software company, which was acquired by Compaq for $340 million in 1999. Musk then founded X.com, an online bank. It merged with Confinity in 2000, which had launched PayPal the previous year and was subsequently bought by eBay for $1.5 billion in October 2002.

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HillarysStrapOn 23 points ago +23 / -0

That’s awesome. Thank you for correction. I’m not a tech guy and defer to a much younger crowd on this type of topic. More of a farmer type. All I know is he’s for freedom, speaking out against tyranny, and that is good enough for me these days

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TickleMissle 25 points ago +25 / -0

Theres also another way to look at it. When you file your taxes, you want to find ALL the deductions you are eligible for. Claiming a deduction works the same for businesses as it does for individuals. Should all of these deductions exist? No. Should you utilize them when you qualify for them? ABSOLUTELY! The same goes for economic incentives proposed by municipal, state, and the federal government.

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HillarysStrapOn 13 points ago +13 / -0

Absolutely agree. As many tax dollars as possible should stay with the productive members of society. Governments only consume and suppress. For some reason I was under the impression Tesla has received some real heavy tax dollar help from the shitbag previous administration. My knowledge of Musk comes from Rush who is my only link to the millennial technology world. I am a self acknowledged white trash redneck deplorable whose less than average at just about everything that is not tech savvy but from what I understand Elon is somewhat of an idol in that realm and considered a visionary. I have leaned from my fellow Pedes. Thank you Musk for Governor!

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1776-or-1984 9 points ago +9 / -0

Musks profit from Paypal sale was $180 mil.

He dumped this money into Tesla and legend has it, a rocket.

Jk, not legend, I listened to his Audible biography.

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GeneticsGuy 5 points ago +5 / -0

Funny enough, actually, he dumped almost all of it into SpaceX at first and basically was fully committed to building a rocket or going bankrupt. I think he injected the last 30 million dollars he had into SpaceX the year before he landed the NASA partnership for their success with his Falcon 1 rocket. This partnership money helped float SpaceX further.

You gotta hand it to the guy. He didn't just take all his money and sit on it as he dumped it into stocks or something. Nope, he took MASSIVE risks, and almost lost everything to build SpaceX. Guy is a visionary, and a true risk-taking entrepreneur. I at least can respect him for that.

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Brucesky420 10 points ago +11 / -1

Those taxpayer handouts he's gotten has saved the taxpayer shit tons of money.

Do yourself a favor and check out what SpaceX charges for launches vs all the other old guard companies

Mother fucker flipped the space industry upside so hard even Russia is complaining about it, because naturally, they were overcharging the fuck out of us to put US astronauts on the ISS

Also friendly reminder: He only hires Americans

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fazaman 3 points ago +3 / -0

And he's currently working his ass off to undercut his own prices by building an even bigger rocket that's fully reusable, so the cost to get to space will drop even more. It will be able to refuel in orbit, so it could go to Mars. Elon really wants to go to Mars.

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HillarysStrapOn 2 points ago +2 / -0

That’s awesome!! Thank you

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Dreadfort 2 points ago +3 / -1

Saying Tesla receives taxpayer money is like AOC saying New York saved money by keeping Amazon out. Except the carbon credits, but that is just California.