Sketchy Thoughts: Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies

Tesla Motors Inc., SolarCity Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, together have benefited from an estimated $4.9 billion in government support, according to data compiled by The Times. The figure underscores a common theme running through his emerging empire: a public-private financing model underpinning long-shot start-ups. http://ift.tt/1AFdypZ

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Sketchy Thoughts: Grandstanding

grand·stand??ran(d)?stand/ verb derogatorygerund or present participle: grandstandingseek to attract applause or favorable attention from spectators or the media.“they accused him of political grandstanding”   Just saying: i think there is a connection between neocolonialism as the current phase of global relations, and grandstanding as a personal practice within the multicultural middle class.

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