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"'countless American companies that benefits from government assistance'
"This still doesn't make it right."
No it doesn't make it right, whether just one or countless companies get government assistance. It's right in principle.
One of the functions of a good government is to encourage enterprise by supporting ventures which potentially benefit the nation. (I say potentially, because they will not all succeed.)
Now, I know there are those who consider their taxes going to people they don't know, like or care about as theft. They prefer the "liberty" of a world free of government, ruled instead by predators, where innovation, especially disruptive innovation, is cannibalized by the predators.
I paid a huge tax bill last year -- U.S. and three states. And as a taxpayer, I'm delighted some of my taxes go to the likes of Tesla and SpaceX and Solar City. I consider them investments, as I do schools my kids don't attend, roads and bridges I'll never use, research and medical care for illnesses I'll never get and help for people I'll never know -- whether I think they deserve it or not.
I have no use for people who equate social consciousness with socialism. And their carping about Tesla's government help disgusts me.
TSLA has captured the "wanting one," which is almost universal now. It's up to them to make them universally affordable, either by licensing the drive train to the legacy makers to distribute models OR, if the latter can't be trusted, by making a $40-50K Tesla E themselves.
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Must admit, it bothers me. I mean, without tactile cues, can't imagine finding controls on a smooth glass screen without taking your eyes off the road. It seems unsafe.
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Interesting. I put Nissan and Tesla together in another thread. I think ultimately Tesla will merge with somebody, because Elon can't run it from Mars. But I think that's a way down the road.
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Sounds good, but must be evolved, i.e. years away. Of course, MB's huge ICE investment -- machines, personnel training, culture/psychology -- would have to be amortized out. But yes, Daimler run by the Tesla board would indeed be a dream.
Hey, you were really going well, until you got into that Iran and Spain and Greece nonsense. If you think Iran is better at human rights than Saudi Arabia, then I have a solid gold brick to sell you. I should also remind you that Al Capone was a generous contributor to charities, like Iran with Greece and Spain. The hard truth is that whatever barbarism happens in Saudi Arabia can't compare with the Iranian's state sponsorship of international terrorism and their terrorizing of their own population. The Saudis are good for our strategic interests at the moment, and they deliver.
Anyway, the entire Tesla exercise is to free ourselves from SAUDI oil. Meanwhile, we must buy from them. That's not coddling.
You obviously like Iran. Fine. But then, fondness for Iran doesn't help your credibility.
Tesla Motors As The 4th U.S. Automaker, And Why The Future Is Bright [View article]
Tesla Motors As The 4th U.S. Automaker, And Why The Future Is Bright [View article]
Tesla Motors As The 4th U.S. Automaker, And Why The Future Is Bright [View article]
Tesla Motors As The 4th U.S. Automaker, And Why The Future Is Bright [View article]
The voice of unbridled greed posing as traduced virtue.
Tesla Motors As The 4th U.S. Automaker, And Why The Future Is Bright [View article]
Tesla Motors As The 4th U.S. Automaker, And Why The Future Is Bright [View article]
"This still doesn't make it right."
No it doesn't make it right, whether just one or countless companies get government assistance. It's right in principle.
One of the functions of a good government is to encourage enterprise by supporting ventures which potentially benefit the nation. (I say potentially, because they will not all succeed.)
Now, I know there are those who consider their taxes going to people they don't know, like or care about as theft. They prefer the "liberty" of a world free of government, ruled instead by predators, where innovation, especially disruptive innovation, is cannibalized by the predators.
I paid a huge tax bill last year -- U.S. and three states. And as a taxpayer, I'm delighted some of my taxes go to the likes of Tesla and SpaceX and Solar City. I consider them investments, as I do schools my kids don't attend, roads and bridges I'll never use, research and medical care for illnesses I'll never get and help for people I'll never know -- whether I think they deserve it or not.
I have no use for people who equate social consciousness with socialism. And their carping about Tesla's government help disgusts me.
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Anyway, the entire Tesla exercise is to free ourselves from SAUDI oil. Meanwhile, we must buy from them. That's not coddling.
You obviously like Iran. Fine. But then, fondness for Iran doesn't help your credibility.