The only figure in the article that's related to SpaceX is > On a smaller scale, SpaceX, Musk's rocket company, cut a deal for about $20 million in economic de

The only figure in the article that's related to SpaceX is > On a smaller scale, SpaceX, Musk's rocket company, cut a deal for about $20 million in economic development subsidies from Texas to construct a launch facility there. (Separate from incentives, SpaceX has won more than $5.5 billion in government contracts from NASA and the U.S. Air Force.) $20m is pocket change as subsidies go. And if you consider the contracts that NASA has with SpaceX as subsidies then you'd have to think that about Boeing and BAE and all the other defense contractors. Cost-plus procurement being corporate welfare is a valid position, but it's a much bigger issue than SpaceX.