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		tjic on Dec 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk S... Nothing except my own ethics. I don't like to take money from people who haven't consented to hand it over. Smells too much like theft. #dont_be_evil

xxpor on Dec 5, 2012 | [–]

Hope you don't drive anywhere.

malyk on Dec 5, 2012 | | [–]

Or do basically anything at all, really.

ShawnBird on Dec 5, 2012 | [–]

Well most banks give out loans without the consent of their members on a per loan basis. Taxes are similar, people agree to pay taxes but they don't have a say on a per loan basis of what is done with those funds.

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