Scam artist? He’s built a product thats used by millions (Pay Pal). He’s put rockets into space (Space X). He’s built an automobile that thousands are driving (Tesla). Real products. How does this constitute a “scam artist”?
All by using political lobbying to get around rules and taxes that everyone else has to abide by.
I don’t condemn him for exploiting the political system as much as I do us for allowing government officials to remain in power while dolling out favors to whomever “pays to play.”
I just don’t fawn over Musk’s business acumen or technical prowess, knowing that his success is enabled by feathering the right political nests, namely Democrats.
Musk has done some good things as an entrepreneur. But his rooftop solar and electric car companies are taxpayer-milking scams. I suppose you could say we need to take the good with the bad. But there is nothing good about buying luxury cars for wealthy people using taxpayer money. Nor is there much good coming out of putting “power plants” on people’s roofs and charging the public full retail price (12-14 cents) for power than is worth wholesale (about 4 cents).