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Originally Posted by L-Pink
Deciding what corporate subsidy/tax break is "valid" is nothing but a personal/political view. Arguing is pointless and self serving .......
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The point I was getting at is there are a few reasons to give companies subsidies which tend to be viable, however most subsidies go in this pecking order..
1) The company benefits US interests, security/economy ect.
2) The company benefits tax payers
3) To create new technologies or spur innovation
Tesla fits in the 3rd group and is the lowest in the pecking order in which govt money is handed out. However just like Google for instance Tesla has the possibility to make that jump into being "good" for the economy & US interests if successful. Jumping it up from that lower tier to the first tier.. This is why it's not that important if they are making money right now. It's that fostering of the technology which will serve American's needs in the future which we are paying for.