[hinckley buzzard]

Mr. Musk is just taking his cut off the top. Who knows what tomorrow might bring, right? And, RHIP.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

This shows the man isn’t really interested in making cars—he just interested in making Obama bucks. The day will come when the free money will run out and the Tesla will join the Tucker as an idea who was too early.

[Darksheare]

Gee.
Wonder where the money for it came from.
Probably sees it as his ‘fair share’ and his ‘due’ for his ‘brilliant management’.

[Gay State Conservative]

Telsa opened a store in a mall near me not long ago.I often go to that mall to walk during bad weather and of all the times I've walked past it I think I've seen five people inside.

[RightOnline]

If he had built a successful car company that could stand on its own, I’d say good for him.

The fact that he’s only in business due to a $465M “loan” courtesy of us taxpayers.....and that allowed him to buy a $17M hilltop mansion....I have a SERIOUS problem with.

This has zip to do with envy; it has everything to do with graft and political cronyism; crony capitalism at its worst.

[JohnBrowdie]

Mr. Musk . . . donated over $100,000 to Mr. Obama’s 2012 campaign.

yep. figured.

[gaijin]

Niiiice...! NEW USA NOMENKLATURA SYSTEM.....

[Beaten Valve]

TESLA made 359 cars last year, so we’re loaning him $1-million plus per vehicle...

[cruise_missile]

Coal powered cars. Interesting concept.

[Disambiguator]

In Bel Air, no less.

[Uncle Chip]

Musk isn’t in the auto business. He’s in the government loan business. He’ll do anything to get those Obamabucks.

[gaijin]

[Truth29]

These green energy loans, including those to companies that fail (seems like most of them) are successes for the Rats because the loans both pay political cronies and some of the money makes its way back into Democrat campaign coffers.

[Cyman]

Just got an SBA loan and I had to commit all my personal assets as collateral. I knew I should have just invented a windmill powered car that saved the snails and had a horn that cried every time a tree got chopped down in the world.

I could be looking at yacht brochures instead of Free Republic.

[GeronL]

Cronyism

[gunsequalfreedom]

This is blatant corruption. In developing countries with a long history of corruption and trying to put a stop to it, for example China, government officials are put to death for amounts involved in this deals. This person should be jailed and all his assets confiscated. This country is lost because of this kind of corruption if it is not stopped. It is what fosters groups like Occupy.

[bmwcyle]

And part of our money goes back to Obama.