Bernie Scolds Elon Musk for Taking Subsidies Sanders Made Possible
Written by Steve Goreham
In a Twitter battle last week, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) criticized Elon Musk for accepting billions of dollars in government support. The exchange erupted over Sanders’ new bill to impose a wealth tax on Musk and other billionaires. But most of the payments received by Musk’s companies came from electric vehicle and solar energy programs that Sanders, green advocates and state governments established to promote green energy.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alternative and Renewable Fuel, American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009, Bernie Sanders, Ed Markey, Elon Musk, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Joe Biden, Kirsten Gillibrand, Los Angeles Times, SolarCity, Solving the Climate Crisis, Tesla Motors, Twitter, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Climate Change, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | 
August 14, 2020 6:00 AM | 
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