Straw, man.
Not straw man. It’s exactly the point.
You get legislature-approved tax credits (via mortgage interest deduction).
Musk gets legislature-approved tax credits (via EV, space, & other deductions).
In both cases, the legislature has decided that more good will come from letting the taxpayer keep more of his own earned income, for particular uses, than confiscating it for redistribution - so is allowed to keep that which otherwise would be confiscated as taxes.
It’s.
The.
Same.
Thing.
And since I contend taxes should be limited to what’s minimally & constitutionally obligated of the government, and realistically understand we’re not going to get massive across-the-board tax cuts any time soon, I’m all for implementing tax cuts/credits anywhere we can get them.