Thank you for proving that fiscal conservatism is impossible without social conservatism. As you can see "smart business" has taken the place of what is right and moral in your (and his) calculations. He advocates (because he practices) taking money (by force... because the IRS doesn't operate on suggestions) from people without very much of it, in order to have the government give it to his company, which could not convince investors to willingly give that much money to him. A portion of which he then skims off to pay back to the government in the form of campaign contributions. This is evil.
How many other immoral actions could you justify as "good business"? Burning down a competitor's factory? Extortion and bribery? Killing your competitors' families (that's "good business" in may parts of the world)?
The fact is that you are praising him for using the force of the government to take money from others, thereby growing the size of government and destroying the economic liberties of those taxed to create his largesse. You obviously don't have a clue as to what your own screen-name means...
Amen!
“The fact is that you are praising him for using the force of the government to take money from others, thereby growing the size of government and destroying the economic liberties of those taxed to create his largesse. You obviously don’t have a clue as to what your own screen-name means... “
He did not “take money from others”, he took a loan. IF he doesn’t pay it back, you would have more of a point... The overall size of government is largely disjoint from any individual issue, no? On that front, the powers that be are 1000x more culpable than Elon Musk.
I’m all for liberty, at the same time I’m sensitive to the practicalities of the moment. Sometimes it’s better to run away, and live to fight another day. Other times, it’s just better to just shoot ‘em in the head. ;-)
Happy New Year!