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Baron2024

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Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:24 PM Nov 19

Elon Musk Makes Money Off Of The US Taxpayer

The federal government has paid SpaceX some $20 billion since 2008. The largest awards were for taking astronauts to and from the International Space Station, and resupplying the ISS. SpaceX has also won contracts to build a lunar-landing vehicle, and provide launch services to the Defense Department, among others.

Now this guy is going to come in and start slashing government programs, probably a lot of programs that provide support to children, the elderly, the sick, the disabled, and the poor. So it is not government waste when Musk makes billions off of the backs of tax payers, but it is government waste when you want to feed a kid or help out a poor or elderly person. Musk should give all of his government money back to the taxpayer then.

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Elon Musk Makes Money Off Of The US Taxpayer (Original Post) Baron2024 Nov 19 OP
My brother and I said that for a while Meowmee Nov 19 #1
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