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They're not "using Musk's money" - wages paid to employees are owed to the employees for their work, and are no longer the employer's money in any way, shape or form!



And a lot of that money originally came from taxpayers[1].

[1] https://qz.com/elon-musks-spacex-and-tesla-get-far-more-gove...


This is called an investment by taxpayers, and the return has been much greater than 1.0




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