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Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink's Contracts in Ukraine (gizmodo.com)
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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Most of his wealth comes from federal largess in the forms of grants, loans, contracts, and tax breaks.

[–] Absaroka@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And the rest comes from a hyper inflated Tesla stock price.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Which itself is heavily subsidized.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Somehow, hyper inflated is an understatement...

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago

[–] blame@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

lol