Are you trying to pretend that Tesla isn't publicly traded and has no investors?
TSLA Share price
06/29/2010 - $17.00 (initial offering)
02/08/2013 - $39.24 (price more than doubled in 2.5 years)
03/07/2014 - $246.21 (price sextuples in 1 year)
06/23/2017 - $383.45 (peak... price up more than 50% in 3 years, still impressive)
05/18/2018 - $276.82 (still up 1500% in under 8 years, and multiple stock splits... 1 share in 2010 is 58 shares today.)
Facts matter
And it still gets taxpayer money.
Are you trying to pretend THAT doesn’t happen?
https://www.newconstructs.com/bailing-solarcity-costs-tsla-investors-7-4-billion/
Also, Musk wants a carbon tax
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-just-demanded-a-carbon-tax-in-paris-2015-12
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/03/elon-musk-says-robust-carbon-tax-would-speed-global-clean-energy-transition
Musk also wholeheartedly believes in global warming.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/870369915894546432
No comment needed on this:
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-always-depended-government-money-up-front-about-it-2015-6