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>Tesla got a shitload of government funding, including a 465 million dollar loan How much money, grants, tax-breaks, favorable loans and regulation, etc did t
by joe_mamba 5mo ago
>Tesla got a shitload of government funding, including a 465 million dollar loan
How much money, grants, tax-breaks, favorable loans and regulation, etc did the German, French, Italian car companies get from their local governments?
> But that doesn't mean the US government isn't willing to help things along, at least for those well connected.
As if Schroeder, Merkel, Scholz, etc didn't roll over backwards for their private industry political backers. The CEOs of VW, BMW and Daimler had those guys on speed dial.
Please, let's not pretend only the US government is helping its giants and the Europeans never.
- looperhacks 5mo agoThey didn't claim that Germany doesn't give money to companies. The claim was that Germany doesn't want to give money to start-ups.
- mschuster91 5mo ago> How much money, grants, tax-breaks, favorable loans and regulation, etc did the German, French, Italian car companies get from their local governments? Nowhere near close to that.
- joe_mamba 5mo agoCoL and labor costs are also lower in EU than in US so the less money goes further