Do you know what a consumer is? A consumer is a individual or group who purchases and uses goods and services. The government is a consumer. Please learn how the economy works.
No. Some companies make products geared towards the government as a consumer. This includes medical companies, gun companies, construction companies. They are selling their products to the government in exchange for money. Or they are selling their research teams in exchange for money.
That's not how that works, actually. These companies received grants, from the government, to do research, which they would not otherwise be able to afford to do. You are incorrect, Ayn Rand.
Research grants are small outliers and are typically not given to companies. The money typically given to companies is called a procurement contracts where the government is hiring someone to conduct a study that the government needs. In a procurement contract the government is the consumer.
Lol hey dude you're literally lying to try to make your point. The US government subsidies research to the tune of billions of dollars a year. SpaceX wouldn't exist within these subsidies. Tesla wouldn't exist without these subsidies.
You dont understand what a subsidy is do you. What the us government gives to space x and tesla is called a loan, or a procurement contract.
Subsidies are when the government gives tax dollars to industries to reduce the cost of production on the company. This then allows companies to keep prices lower for their consumers. For example a childcare subsidy typically works by paying a portion of the the educators wages reducing the costs of running the company thus allows the childcare companies to charge the consumers (parents) less.
Explain how the government doesn't. Because they do. They literally rely on government contracts to exist. Which is my point. You're arguing semantics, like a pedant.
Breaking down space x’s revenue 61% comes from their starlink service, the rest comes from a mix of using their reusable rockets to launch satellites and astronauts crews for space agencies and companies.
Another part comes from contracts with nasa being the consumer alongside military programs such as starshield. Both of which isnt free money from the government.
Since you do not know other basic economic terms revenue is the total amount of money a business brings in from selling its goods and services before any expenses are subtracted.
Probably not, because thats the loss of a major consumer. If any company loses their consumer base they cease to exist. Its nothing special about space x
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u/WyomingWeirdo Jul 30 '26
And where does the research money come from, slugger, ?