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https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-unmasked-as-top-donor-to-house-republican-pac
blech
calimary
(81,199 posts)Guess not so much.
Demovictory9
(32,445 posts)rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)I'm a huge electric car supporter. So I was a fan of Tesla's car and the company.
After reading industry reports about the abusive culrure that Musk spearheads. I'm not surprised that he is a big GOP donor.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,318 posts)lancelyons
(988 posts)PSPS
(13,590 posts)Demovictory9
(32,445 posts)Gay environment etc.. oh well
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)pazzyanne
(6,547 posts)4now
(1,596 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)4now
(1,596 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)4now
(1,596 posts)As if you didn't want people to see the whole thing.
Speaking of misleading.
erronis
(15,228 posts)Nobody is perfect. Disappointed to find this out but I understand why he would do this. He does a ton of good for humanity so not gonna throw in the towel on him just yet.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)he was described as someone who "pulls up the ladder once they have gotten to the top" and I said, "No way". Apparently the article was correct.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)TeamPooka
(24,220 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,709 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)I guess I've got to thank the street smarts I learned growing up to spot these phony jerks.
MineralMan
(146,285 posts)dalton99a
(81,442 posts)Why Tesla is overhyped and overvalued
Tesla and the deep problems with disruption theory.
By Brent Goldfarb Updated Aug 1, 2017, 10:20am EDT
MarcA
(2,195 posts)Gothmog
(145,107 posts)PaulX2
(2,032 posts)If you give enough, they go easy on you.
It's the system we're stuck with till we change it.
FakeNoose
(32,626 posts)For making us believe you were one of the good guys.
You suck like all the other one percenters!
The French Revolution can't get here soon enough.
downhill73
(5 posts)We were wanting to install a solar system with tesla batteries ( Powerwall) but the hell with that. I hope everyone who thought about buying a tesla buys one of the other electric cars, fuck him.
Delarage
(2,186 posts)The Chevy Bolt is looking REAL good right now....
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)Too much money, too much power, too grandiose
Kablooie
(18,625 posts)Its about keeping access to government no matter who is in charge. A business decision.
Ideally the amounts should be the same
The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)PoorMonger
(844 posts)He donates a lot to both parties to be sure he has pull no matter the outcome.
Seeing his dumbass handy dandy personal flamethrower that just went on the market a month or so ago was another move that shows hes two faced on issues like the environment. Hes all about money pure and simple but thats not saying he cant be pushed to use his money for good... sometimes