Comment by olalonde
1 year ago
Erdogan is practically a socialist, government spending and inflation have ballooned under him. Pretty much the opposite of what Elon Musk advocates for.
1 year ago
Erdogan is practically a socialist, government spending and inflation have ballooned under him. Pretty much the opposite of what Elon Musk advocates for.
Spending is not socialism.
Spending also ballooned under Trump and Trump is most definitely not a socialist (aside from socializing losses) (spending increased *before* the pandemic).
It was a bit of an overstatement but second part of the comment stands.
Elon Musk, who's companies take plenty of government spending and incentives? Sounds like a socialist to me.
Government has had a 10x ROI with musk, that’s the purpose of govt investment.
As it does under most socialist ideas
"take plenty of government spending" is a funny way to say has plenty of contracts with the government to provide services...
And yeah, when incentives are available, why wouldnt he take them? It's the same way people who advocate for higher tax don't choose to donate more money to the government.
Tesla has received over $2B in subsidies since 09, accepted $750M from New York for a SolarCity plant in Buffalo, SolarCity also received $500M in federal grants.
I could keep going but you get the idea. To be clear, I have no problem with him or any company accepting the money but this isn't "contracts with the government to provide services."
Might indeed not be in his self-interest, but yes. He talked about it in his discussion with Trump on X. Here's an article about it: https://www.nbc24.com/news/nation-world/elon-musk-pitches-co...