Elon Musk is one of the foremost inventors in the world and, in my view, is one of America's greatest resources. He has done more to advance commercial space programs in America than anyone short of a Heinlein sci-fi novel. There are multiple other achievements of his but that one is the most impressive to me.
Naturally, that means he earns a conservative hatchet job in The Federalist: Not Content With Enormous Taxpayer Subsidies, Elon Musk Turned To Prison Labor For Cost Savings
Right off the top, the article is painfully-obvious conservative purple in using techniques so hackneyed that calling it sophomoric would be flattery. For example, Elon Musk didn't just get federal subsidies, he got enormous federal subsidies and those have got to be the worst kind ... unless you're Lockheed Martin or Boeing for whom we're guessing government subsidies are valid and patriotic. The author was lying (by obfuscation) before he ever even finished the title.
It further implies some kind of corruption when Elon Musk employed prison labor offered by the state ... but it omits the number of corporations doing this on a routine basis and that many states offer prison labor. However, Elon Musk is the only one employing this who is corrupt, just ask The Federalist.
The only purpose to the article is to slash Elon Musk as he doesn't do it the regular way, the bribe-infested cesspool of GOP process way. He has attacked the Pentagon process of awarding contracts for launch services to Boeing and Lockheed Martin, particularly given they charge more and they get their rocket boosters from Russia. Not only has he made the case but he has also won it in court.
The Tory response, as always, is get me some dirt on him, let's trash him. When the Tories have so much money, they really should have considered spending a bit more to get a better writer instead of using some freshman shavetail. Who knows, maybe he was prison labor as well.
Naturally, that means he earns a conservative hatchet job in The Federalist: Not Content With Enormous Taxpayer Subsidies, Elon Musk Turned To Prison Labor For Cost Savings
Right off the top, the article is painfully-obvious conservative purple in using techniques so hackneyed that calling it sophomoric would be flattery. For example, Elon Musk didn't just get federal subsidies, he got enormous federal subsidies and those have got to be the worst kind ... unless you're Lockheed Martin or Boeing for whom we're guessing government subsidies are valid and patriotic. The author was lying (by obfuscation) before he ever even finished the title.
It further implies some kind of corruption when Elon Musk employed prison labor offered by the state ... but it omits the number of corporations doing this on a routine basis and that many states offer prison labor. However, Elon Musk is the only one employing this who is corrupt, just ask The Federalist.
The only purpose to the article is to slash Elon Musk as he doesn't do it the regular way, the bribe-infested cesspool of GOP process way. He has attacked the Pentagon process of awarding contracts for launch services to Boeing and Lockheed Martin, particularly given they charge more and they get their rocket boosters from Russia. Not only has he made the case but he has also won it in court.
The Tory response, as always, is get me some dirt on him, let's trash him. When the Tories have so much money, they really should have considered spending a bit more to get a better writer instead of using some freshman shavetail. Who knows, maybe he was prison labor as well.
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