Americans used to understand that you got the reward for taking the risks. Not by getting the "little people" to take them for you [in return for which, they get nothing.] There's no real difference between Elon Musk and the Banksters [or GM ownership and the UAW] who put billions at risk, knowing someone else would bail them out. Musk is simply being paid up front.
Elon Musk isn’t risking his own money.
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Really? I read that he just about went broke a few years ago putting his money into SpaceX and Tesla. I know for a fact that he bought Tesla stock when they had secondary offerings.
Sutton’s rule.