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The US government spends 10 trillion dollars year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm
by sien 2y ago
The US government spends 10 trillion dollars year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending_in_the_Uni...
That's larger than the GDP of all but two countries in the world.
That is not starving.
On top of that, tech CEOs and highly paid tech workers pay a lot of tax. Far more than they cost the country.
- probablybetter 2y agoand a lot of it is directly funneled to crony's of the current king... I doubt DOGE will recommend cuts to SpaceX funding. I need to remind you that Mush has invented nothing nor is he an engineer. His vast personal wealth is extracted, and at least part of it's vastness is due to corruption. Mush's personal views expressed on his own-media-trumpet Xitter, have hampered more technological innovation than he has ever enabled or paid for. BTW what's SpaceX carbon footprint like? This 'man' also just paid for a slice of the US presidency that just pulled the US out of a global treaty to attempt to address human-caused climate crises that are unfolding in front of our face on a daily basis as predicted. Mush has done net harm to Earth, not good.
- chairmansteve 2y agoEach Tesla sold in the USA gets a $7500 subsidy. That is the company's entire profit and more. SpaceX has received $15 billion in government contracts. I don't think either company would exist without government support.