Hate to break it to you, Mike. But it is our money. #TaxTheRich

@EdMarkey Don’t think so, mate.

@EdMarkey This fckn guy has been in Government for 50yrs 50yrs with ZERO accomplishments Let that sink in

This is a ridiculous take. The government was pushing a green energy, environment friendly initiative and Tesla was the only company pushing to make EVs. That was the only way they were going to make electric vehicles the new automotive staple. Which was the forefront of the green energy push. NASA was also blowing through cash like a siv. SpaceX’s ideas were so advanced and cheap comparatively, that NASA and the U.S government needed SPaceX’s services to advance the U.S space exploration & satellite growth of the country. His companies aligned with the U.S goals. Micron, intel, Amazon, Alcoa, Cheniere, GM, Texas Instruments, Boeing, Ford, Disney… I can go on and on have received BILLIONS of dollars from the government. The government has and will always help companies that help the governments own agenda. To say he’s only a trillionaire because the government is nonsense. He is a trillonaire because he choose to take stock ownership in the companies either than high salary betting on himself and the companies he was building. Government funding helped as it does for all companies making good strides for America. But to sit around and claim his success is U.S tax payer funded is far from the truth. You should be ashamed of yourself this is just a smear campaign.

@EdMarkey The really sad thing about this post is that you KNOW it is untrue yet you count on the stupidity of your voters to believe it.

@EdMarkey First of all, it’s not money. It’s wealth. And no it’s not everyone’s wealth. Just because a business or businesses have received grants or low interest loans from the federal government at some point doesn’t mean the wealth generated from that business is everyone’s.

@EdMarkey It is not your money fstick.. He got the money for providing a service, You would do well to emulate him.. #CapitolPunishment4Traitors

@EdMarkey You're on this list too, Ed Malarkey!

@EdMarkey Context matters. You will note that many of these contracts span years when @TheDemocrats were in power, beginning under Obama and continuing through Biden. Please stop deliberately misleading people with your lies and innuendo. Try to be honest.

Many corporations get tax breaks in this country. He did not get a break on his personal income tax. And I would say that our government actually made a good choice here. It paid off. The success of SpaceX has created tons of revenue for the country. Now stop being a parasite! Go stop the Medicare fraud if you need a cause!

@EdMarkey Absolutely insane that a sitting Senator considers the private property of an American citizen the de facto property of the government.

@EdMarkey Taking money from the people and giving it to the government is *virtually* the most ineffective way of solving any problem.. unless you're goal is to build roads, settle interstate disputes, or, as the general said, to "kill people and break things."

@EdMarkey Hate to break it to you, Ed, but you are a freaking idiot.

No, it is not "our" money. Has the federal government ben buying Teslas for the USPS? Yes, the government pays SpaceX for some of its services, but the government receives those services and then the money is no longer the government's money. It becomes SpaceX's money after the deal has been made.

Ed, the U.S. has saved approximately $40 Billion by hiring SpaceX. The fuel efficiency alone is mind boggling. In addition, between Elon Musk personally (est. $11 Billion) and his employees ($20 Billion), over $30 Billion a year is returned in taxes. And still you are not happy 🙄

@EdMarkey Markey, why lie about something so easily verified?

@EdMarkey Let’s end all subsidies But it’s still his money

@EdMarkey Spoken like a guy whose only productive job was serving ice cream for a few months.

You have no children and have almost never had a real full-time job as an adult. You've sponged off the taxpayer for more than a half century, making America worse. Your only legacy will be destruction. Elon's legacy is building some of the greatest-ever American companies, employing hundreds of thousands of people and transforming numerous industries. You're not fit to shine his shoes.

@EdMarkey this is commie speak. commies arent human.

@EdMarkey You are playing loose with facts. Yes, SpaceX has lota of government contracts. Why? Because they charge LESS and deliver MORE to the taxpayer than their rivals. So, if anything, we owe him more money.

@EdMarkey SpaceX provided services for far less than any other bidder to be eligible for those contracts. They did something cheaper for government than anyone else was willing or able to.

@EdMarkey Marxism has no place in America!

@EdMarkey I hate to break it to you but that's just an outright lie!

@EdMarkey What share of Elon’s earned money is “ours”? And be specific on how you determined that number please. And what amount of your earned money is “ours”?

@EdMarkey Confiscation? Full blown communism now?

@EdMarkey I must have missed the part where you developed electric cars, rockets to take people to the ISS and and the satellites you developed into orbit. Did you develop and deploy a world wide system for satellite internet? When did you do all this?

@EdMarkey Wait, so you stupid fucks want to tax the already taxed money? That’s fucking way worse, you know that right?

@EdMarkey And let’s not forget Bad Billy!

@EdMarkey Mr. "Malarkey" 2-5% came from government "help" , yes he has government contracts, so do many American businesses. I see your alter ego is displaying extreme jealousy.

@EdMarkey Dumb shit. So can we say that about every grocery store every hospital every cell phone company that we subsidize illegal aliens and welfare recipients that get our tax dollars and pay for all that stuff too? Ed, you are a hypocritical moron.

@EdMarkey By that logic, doctors who work at the VA are fat cat grifters suckling at the teat of government money. I can't accept that, so I say you're wrong.

@EdMarkey Lil Marxist dude, no. It's his money. If you want to promote Communism and its ideals, defect to Cuba

@EdMarkey Hate to break it to you!

@EdMarkey Oh look, malarkey. Grok says your claim isn't true. How unfortunate that you didn't check... or do you just not care about the truth? Our government collects too much in tax already. I'm not for ANY new or increased taxes. x.com/i/grok/share/9…

@EdMarkey @grok is Ed Markey correct that virtually all of Musk’s wealth comes from government help.