[skipwalker]

Just a quick question. Why is Tesla more deserving of a loan to accelerate their development of electric cars than a company like Aptera (http://www.aptera.com)?

This is the fundamental problem. The government is not funding direct research in a University setting, they are directly funding one company over another in a nascent industry. Why do Tesla's shareholders get this advantage over other startup company shareholders?

This is one of the problems this conservative has with this situation.