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2024-12-22 08:00:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6DFCD8F61B300E0770EF160B43245CD2B7811DE82250F28BBE3610657187144C
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Musk's companies have received ~$35 billion in government contracts, sales, subsidies, and loans over their history. The 2024 federal deficit is $1.83 trillion. This one-year budget shortfall is 52 times larger than his entities have received in their entire lifetimes. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/business/elon-musk-wealth-government-help/index.html https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-deficit/
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