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koreyb on April 21, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla's Musk Paid at Least $593M in Income Taxes i...

Here is a good breakdown of that $4.9bn number https://electrek.co/2015/06/02/complete-breakdown-of-the-4-9... Incentives for creating jobs & tax credits.

Not bad compared to the $12 billion cost for the GM bailout and $4 billion+/yr for oil & gas subsidies.

nojvek on April 22, 2017 [–]

If you look at money invested, govt should have let GM go under the bus. Bailouts aren't a great long term fix. They just encourage shitty management

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