5 Ways Billionaires Like Elon Musk Get Welfare for the Rich

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Elon Musk, a tech millionaire, is renowned for founding PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, as well as for promoting bitcoin and a risky plan to populate Mars.

The authors of Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End Up in Millionaires' Pockets—And What You Can Do About It, Lisa Conyers and Phil Harvey, claim that he is not just one of the world's wealthiest persons but also one of the top users of government subsidies. Conyers, a seasoned journalist, co-wrote The Human Cost of Welfare with Harvey in 2016.

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