Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich went on the air this week to call for a future Democratic administration to nationalize SpaceX and Starlink and turn Elon Musk’s private enterprises into state-run public corporations. His remarks were widely dismissed as the far-left fringe venting its spleen, but dismissiveness is a mistake.
“We’ve got to defund Musk … when I say defund Musk, you know, 75% of his wealth is dependent on taxpayers who are buying Starlink systems for the Department of Defense. … If we have a Democratic administration, the Democrats ought to be starting this — not just with oversight hearings, but also starting, laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink and SpaceX. Nationalize it. It should be a public corporation. We should not ever have that kind of power in one person’s hands. … Musk is buying, trying to buy the senator from Texas. I mean, why would we, why should we allow this? Seriously. Well, we shouldn’t,” Reich said.
