Inside the Mind of the $20 Billion Dollar Man: Elon Musk Internal Letter to Employees

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From the horse's mouth:



Tesla alone has received ~$2.4B in government incentives and credits: Complete breakdown of the $4.9 billion in government support the LA Times claims Elon Musk’s companies are receiving

Who is paying for those incentives and credits?

I'm not hating on Elon, I like his vision and the products. However, I disagree with the blind praise and adoration for Musk, and how he consistently overpromises and under-delivers. He's not the supremely moral and benevolent genius that the media makes him out to be.

Agree that Elon probably gets more than his fair share of passes and praise due to the sheer magnitude of his endeavors and his general badassery. However, saying that he has squandered government money because he uses contractors and subcontractors is a little off the mark. I have worked as a consultant for all types of Fortune 1000 companies. Every large business uses a preposterous amount of contractors, consultants and subcontractors. Almost all of those contractors and consultants (our firm included) also use subcontractors. So with that logic, we'd have to say any company that has ever used the services of a consulting firm and has been incentivized by the government in some way has squandered money.

 

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