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by nimzoLarsen 697 days ago
Pretty rich take, coming from the owner of Tesla and SpaceX who have received hundreds of millions in subsidies and preferential loans: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/elon-musks-spacex-tesla-far-17050...
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Standard business practice. Pull the ladder up after you, forming a moat, preventing your competitors from competing, so you can charge monopoly prices. Happens all the time, and as a businessman, you'd be stupid not to do it.
SpaceX NASA contracts are not subsidies, right?