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Mofo gets government money too (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world

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[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 65 points 2 weeks ago

Stop the carbon credit. Tesla will not survive without it.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

NPR gets 4% of its funding from the federal government which is surely a lot smaller of a percentage than Musk

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

How much does Musk provide to NPR?

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 56 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

NPR is public funded. Is this a real tweet? Is he that stupid?

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago

Short answer, yes he is.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a joke- isn't is augmented by "listeners like you" but "public" radio in that it's tax payer funded?

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's hard to pin down an exact number from the various sources I could find, but consensus puts the number anywhere between 4% and 12% of NPR's funding comes from federal (direct and indirect) sources.

The vast majority of their funding comes from private donations

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 weeks ago

I'd love to live in the Republican alternate reality where NPR actually gets a usable amount of money from the federal government

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago

He's got the keys to the Treasury. It might be too late 😭

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This morning I was thinking that, given the way things are going - with Tesla sales falling hard in Europe and Musk positioning himself for his companies to completelly live of the US Government's tit - Tesla cars are going to be America's very own Lada: only existing because the state pays for it and you see them nowhere else.

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why is the text so big?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Why isn't yours?

Oh wait.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Make NASA Great Again

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