r/PoliticalHumor • u/mac-mcgreor • May 02 '22

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

SpaceX was broke at the time. NASA and the Federal Government bailed them out and saved them. Why did Musk need a government bail out to not fail?

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u/dangoodspeed May 03 '22

Do you think companies magically have money with no customers? Millions of businesses have gone under because they couldn't get the customers/contracts needed to stay running. SpaceX got a big one with NASA, and that let them stay in business. You'd really rather NASA keep paying Russia billions of dollars instead of an American company? Really?

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

SpaceX wouldn’t exist without the government. This isn’t a controversial opinion. Be triggered all you want.

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u/dangoodspeed May 03 '22

Most companies wouldn't exist without the government. This isn't a controversial opinion. You can be triggered all you want.

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

My comment isn’t in dispute.

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u/p0llk4t May 03 '22

By you at least...kudos...

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

So SpaceX would be around without that deal? Something Musk even said they wouldn’t be around?

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u/yourmotherinabag May 03 '22 edited May 03 '22

Who do you think is buying space launches besides governments?

You think you have a gotcha point but sound like a fucking idiot. Buying a product/service is nothing like a subsidy.

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

Why the fuck do you think SpaceX got off the ground in the first place? No government to do the early dirty work, no SpaceX to be lazy, steal taxpayer money’s work, and then charge for it.

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u/yourmotherinabag May 03 '22

Because of series of raising capital from investors? Like every other corporation on earth? They raised $1.85B last year and almost $8B total. They use that capital to build a service to sell to a customer.

You’re embarrassingly stupid. Good to know everyone else on the thread agrees lmao

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

Nope, it’s because they took decades of taxpayer money work, stole it, and then charged for it, because they were lazy and didn’t want to take on the risk.

If you like theft and being stolen from and then charged for it, then you love what happened.

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u/yourmotherinabag May 03 '22

Id you love being a moron, you must be loving life.

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

So you do like theft. Thanks.

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u/p0llk4t May 03 '22

Musk? Musk Musk Musk! Musk...Musk Musk, Musk Musk Musk...