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government subsides and/or taxes just about everything. I work in the oilfield industry and im not exactly a hippie greenie, but we happily take our R&D tax rebates as well as huge tax incentives from the local gov to build our plant in a certain area. I happily deducted my mortgage interest when I could as well.

Im not saying heavy intensives for Tesla is right of a good thing. Iknow we have spent money on worse. If the investment somehow leads to 'merica being the leader in electric car mfg and design in the next several decades, its going to look like a great ROI. So far a California company is where the best electric cars in the world come from.

The main issue I have with the tax break is that they are applied to what is a luxury purchase.