Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government

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• World’s richest man and government official Elon Musk accused federal workers of unfairly getting rich off the taxpayer’s dime, citing, without evidence, “quite a few” with a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. Musk’s own companies have accepted over $20 billion in taxpayer funds in the form of contracts, tax breaks, and other subsidies.

As part of his mission to cut government spending, Elon Musk is going after federal workers who he thinks are richer than their government salaries allow them to be, somehow through the use of taxpayer money.