Elon Musk Made Off with $16B of Taxpayer Money
MadrasThorn
27 points
6 comments
October 30, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (1 comments)
simbleau
Earning 16B through his companies' SpaceX contracts with the government is not the same as stealing taxpayer money, which this article's title frames. I understand the news likes to distort and blur lines, but this misrepresentation feels egregious. I am not defending Elon as an individual, but rather saying we need a higher bar for "news" in general.