SpaceX and all of Musk’s companies have received many tens of billions in government contracts, subsidies, and incentives and more are on the way.
The meme is right, but it’s WAY short of the amount of money SpaceX is getting.
this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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Musk = POS Nazi.
musk is "a ponszi"
Glorified military contractor that works for our enemies, mind you.
Aaand there goes the last attempt at good noncorp news in the US.
No, NPR will survive. Losing the grants suck. But the vast majority of its revenue isn't from grants.
I'll be upping my donation.
Last I heard, federal grants were like 2% of their annual budget.
Apparently it's even less now:
On average, less than 1% of NPR's annual operating budget comes in the form of grants from CPB and federal agencies and departments.
So uh... I guess they already are surviving on their own?
It's incredibly high quality journalism. I'm so proud of my fellow countrymen for supporting it directly. I listen to it daily - multiple times throughout the day. I've donated once or twice, but I need to reduce my debt before I'm comfortable signing up for a monthly commitment.
I also only one time donate, as I can. No shame in it, I think it's appreciated just the same
It’s the little stations in west bumfuck Idaho and West Virginia that will have trouble staying open. The big content creators like WNYC and GBH will be fine and can lean on corporate donors.
According to NPRs own report....it's 13% of the budget. So not critical, but still hurts a bit. I'll just up my yearly donation to help
Defund the parasite Musk, or since he is all about free speech maybe he should provide some funding to them.
Musk wants to drop off now that he has control of the federal government. Just like Twitter he will pop back up from time to time as the whole apparatus comes to his knees.