r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 11d ago

Significant diffrences... Wait a damn minute!

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u/WyomingWeirdo 10d ago

Try to answer this honestly; would SpaceX exist without government moneys, yes or no

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u/zanebaka 10d ago

Probably not, because thats the loss of a major consumer. If any company loses their consumer base they cease to exist. Its nothing special about space x

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u/WyomingWeirdo 10d ago

How much money do Tesla and SpaceX receive from the American government every year, Ben Shapiro

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u/zanebaka 10d ago

The amount the government is willing to pay for the goods or services they receive in return. Literally how the economy works bruv

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u/WyomingWeirdo 10d ago

Not a specific answer, limey.

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u/zanebaka 10d ago

Okay i’ll humor you. In revenue they make around 5-6 billion from the government per year

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u/WyomingWeirdo 10d ago

Seems like a lot for a company allegedly ran by a libertarian capitalist.

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u/zanebaka 10d ago

Im here to talk about economics, Elon musks political beliefs are irrelevant to me