Elon Musk Says He’s Anti-Subsidy, but Has Gotten Billions of Dollars

  • Elon Musk’s companies have received billions in government subsidies over the last two decades.
  • In 2021, Musk has opposed higher taxes for the rich, and said the government shouldn’t control “capital.”
  • He recently said he opposes government subsidies. One of his companies accepted them as recently as April. 

The richest person in the world says he doesn’t wants any help from the US government, but his companies have actually gotten billions of dollars worth.

Like many other wealthy Americans, Musk has spoken out against a proposed “billionaires’ tax” from Sen. Ron Wyden, writing on Twitter in October that “eventually, they run out of other people’s money, and then they come for you.”

More recently, he spoke out against government…

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