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Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by yxwvut on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:41PM (#25363476)
Perhaps the private beneficiaries of those subsidies should bear some responsibility for covering the costs?
Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by darawk on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:48PM (#25363605)
Why? The purpose of those subsidies is to benefit all of us. Not to benefit Elon Musk. He's just the only one who stepped up to solve the problems for us.
Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by elindbe2 on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:02PM (#25364913)
California would've had to make that responsibility known up front. They chose not to do that.

And California directly benefitted from the money they spent. That benefit is electric vehicles in the hands of its population, which improves the state's pollution levels long-term.

Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by yxwvut on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:43AM (#25372614)
Agreed on all fronts. More of a 'woulda-coulda-shoulda' than anything.
Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by HeadsUpHigh on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @05:11PM (#25365979)
No that should have been stated upfront. A deal is a deal.
Re:Elon Musk moves to Texas by kobayashi on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:55PM (#25363740)
That would drastically undermine the point of those, and any future, subsidies. I would also find it to be immoral.