Sure thing and I bet they are asking for taxpayers dollars for the build out.
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Tesla got a lot of tax breaks from the state of Nevada. but no federal dollars.
Tesla was pretty ingenious about it too. they set up a bidding war between texas california new mexico arizona and utah. I think burning man helped win it for nevada. also the lithium deposits there.
and of course Harry Reid isn’t from Nevada and won’t do anything to try and sneak federal dollars into this deal
“First of all, let’s stipulate that the Tesla model S is a pretty cool looking car, that the high-end version accelerates like a rocket, and that its massive, low center of gravity pretty much inures it against a rollover. Next, let’s congratulate Elon Musk on paying off his half-billion dollar federal loan ahead of time. Finally, thanks to everyone in the country for helping to make this possible, and for continuing to do so.
The public is still on the hook for Tesla, and will be for the foreseeable future.
First, there’s the $7500 taxback bonus that every buyer gets and every taxpayer pays. Then there are generous state subsidies ($2500 in California, $4000 in Illinois—the bluer the state, the more the taxpayers get gouged), all paid to people forking out $63K (plus taxes) for the base version, to roughly $100K for the really quick one.
The latest round of Tesla wonderment came when it reported its first quarterly profit earlier this month. TSLA stock darned near doubled in a week. Musk then borrowed $150 million from Goldman Sachs (shocking!) and floated a cool billion in new stock and long-term debt. That’s how we—the taxpayers—were repaid.”
from an article in May of 2013...... and they want more