Elon Musk Responds to Venture Capitalist's Claim On Government Subsidies For SpaceX, Tesla: 'Do Some Research Before You Display Your Utter Ignorance'
Elon Musk Responds to Venture Capitalist's Claim On Government Subsidies For SpaceX, Tesla: 'Do Some Research Before You Display Your Utter Ignorance'
Elon Musk had a sharp exchange of words with venture capitalist Vinod Khosla on Musk's X platform on Saturday as Khosla brought up government support for Musk's businesses.
週六，風險投資家Vinod Khosla在Musk的X平台上與特斯拉首席執行官馬斯克進行了激烈的爭論，Khosla提出了對馬斯克企業的政府支持的問題。
More Moderate Path Needed: The exchanges started several months ago with Khosla, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, calling for an open Democratic convention and criticizing Donald Trump. Replying to Khosla, Tesla CEO Musk said, "Come on, Vinod. Trump/Vance LFG!!"
需要更加溫和的道路：幾個月前，孫微星的聯合創始人、風險投資公司Khosla Ventures的創始人Khosla呼籲公開民主大會，並對唐納德·特朗普表示批評。作爲回應，特斯拉首席執行官馬斯克說：「來吧，Vinod. Trump/Vance LFG!!」
Musk argued that while Trump may not be without flaws, he is good for meritocracy and individual freedom, adding that many years ago this was ensured by the Democratic Party but now it is the Republicans that stands for these.
馬斯克爭辯說，儘管特朗普可能不完美，但他對於擇才和個人自由是有好處的，他補充說，多年前這是由民主黨來確保的，但現在是共和黨來代表這些。
Musk Clarifies Regarding Subsidies: This argument did not go down well with Khosla, who questioned the rationale of subsidies to the ventures of the businessmen and preferred that these might have been used for deficit reduction. "This 'meritocratic and promote individual freedoms over the heavy hand of government' I agree with. How much government money does SpaceX get? Could Tesla have survived without EV subsidies?," he said, adding that Twitter, which has been rebranded as X following Musk acquiring it, may not be getting government money.
關於補貼問題，馬斯克進行了澄清，但是這一觀點並沒有得到Khosla的認同，他質疑爲商人們提供補貼的合理性，並希望這些資金用於赤字的減少。他說：「我同意『以才能爲本，促進個人自由而不是政府的笨拙干預』。但是SpaceX獲得了多少政府資金？特斯拉沒有新能源補貼能存活下去嗎？」，並補充說，被馬斯克收購後改名爲X的Twitter可能沒有獲得政府 funding。
SpaceX is a spacecraft manufacturer, space launch provider, and satellite communications company founded by Musk in 2002. Reduction in the cost of space travel and colonization of Mars were the main premises on which the company was established.
SpaceX是由馬斯克於2002年創立的航天器製造商、太空發射服務提供商和衛星通信公司。降低太空旅行成本和火星殖民是該公司建立的主要前提。
"Which of these would you rather the government didn't spend money on and reduce the deficit?" Khosla said. One of the main challenges before the government is the huge fiscal deficits it has run up and the two mainstream parties have different approaches toward tackling the crisis in hand.
「你希望政府不在以上哪個方面花錢，減少赤字？」Khosla說。政府面臨的主要挑戰之一是其堆積如山的財政赤字，兩個主流政黨在解決當前危機方面採取了不同的方式。
Khosla's comments about the deficit elicited a sharp reaction from Musk. "Do some research before you display your utter ignorance," he said. He noted that SpaceX gets no subsidies and received half as much as Boeing for astronaut transport, but did 100% of the work.
Khosla關於赤字的評論引發了馬斯克的強烈反應。他說：「在展示你的無知之前，請做些研究。」他指出，SpaceX沒有獲得補貼，並且相比波音運載航天員的補貼減少了一半，但完成了100%的工作。
Musk also clarified that government subsidies make up only a minor portion of his electric-vehicle manufacturing company Tesla's revenue. On the other hand, oil & gas companies get massive tax breaks that exceed those given to the EV industry by several orders of magnitude, he added.
馬斯克還澄清，政府津貼僅佔他的電動汽車製造公司特斯拉的營業收入的一小部分。另一方面，石油和燃料幣公司獲得的稅收減免遠遠超過電動汽車行業的幾個數量級。
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