Elon Musk

[Willie Dole]

Right Wing? Like the BLM RIOTS!.

your lack of understanding the word "traditionally" is astounding.

 

[akaTrex]

Love this:

Man arrested in Molotov cocktail attack at Tesla shop in Las Vegas will also face federal charges!​

Las Vegas police identify suspect in Tesla dealership firebombing | Fox News Video

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police give an update at a press conference on the suspect of an alleged attack on a Tesla dealership.

www.foxnews.com

Reminds me of the song: Na Na Na Na Hey Hey-ey Goodbye

 

[akaTrex]

your lack of understanding the word "traditionally" is astounding

Admiral Levine is actually qualified and deserves respect, go read a wiki for once.
TBH I had not heard about Sam Brinton since 2010 when I helped campaign against conversion therapy in my area. I think I might have heard something about luggage but didn't really follow it. And honestly they seem like they have a problem (klepto) they need help with. I didnt know a lot before I started using tools like Ground News (not a sponsor) to help see more of what the other side of the isle is talking about in their infosphere. SO much of what is posted on conservative media is just garbage, not from a factual standing, but because of awful writing quality. It's mostly "X happened, Y said something you should hate about it, now we all love X and must defend it with our lives until the next squirrel comes along."

Wiki is a Liberal Cesspool.

In my humble opinion, the left-wing media is done! Their ratings and Viewership are a Joke. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and NBC all covered for a president who clearly suffers from dementia. It's no wonder Rachel Maddow only works one day a week, while others like Don Lemon, Jim Acosta, and Brian Stelter are no longer on the air.

Interesting to watch the LibTard Media's Layoffs and the Lawsuits for Defamation. The Race Baiter Sunny Hostin's Husband is up on RICO Charges. They will soon declare bankruptcy! Lawyers are Expensive! Experts predict the RICO trial will take 4 years!

Elon's way of Confusing LibTards!

 

[Johnny D]

because individuals taxpayers' opinions on what the money should be spent on is irrelevant to the operation of the government? I dont think the taxpayer's money should be spent on subsidizing rural people's internet, that's not a free and open market for businesses to compete. But we do because that's what the people elected into office decided. And if we have an issue with how it's being spent, we tell our congressional reps, and if they dont listen we try to vote them out of office.

And that's exactly what you're seeing happen right now. So if you're on board with the the idea in general, you should be so upset about all the money going to USAID being stopped. The people have voted.

Why shouldn't the US gov pay for something that helps stop the spread one of the most infectious and hard to eliminate viruses we have ever seen, there by protecting US interests? US businesses dont want to operate in areas with high volatility and infection risks, its just less profitable.

Then US businesses need to do something about it, if that's what's in their best interest. Taxpayer money isn't the right tool to use to help the private sector be more profitable.

nope, hasn't ever mattered before because we have (until recently) maintained good relations with the foreign countries own the quarter or so of our national debt that is owed to foreign entities.

here is the results from a basic search of who owns our debt. fun fact, of the top $18 Trillion of debt owned, more than 75% of it is owned by Americans. that's owned, not owed. Have you ever invested for your retirement by buying some T-bills? those are treasury bonds that equates to an amount of debt the US gov now owes you. So servicing that debt means giving money to Americans who can then invest or spend that money.

Ya. So this lack of understanding of the implications of such a massive debt load is why so few people care about the issue. In addition to the cost of servicing that debt crowding out public investments, thus risking a fiscal crisis and further slowing economic growth and reducing opportunities, we're going to see a weakened the dollar from an erosion in confidence in the US government's financial management, certainaly threatening its status as the world's primary reserve currency, and leading to even higher borrowing costs and inflation. Then you have so many foreign investors holding a significant portion of US debt, increasing economic vulnerability and potential geopolitical leverage from other nations, especially in times of international tension. Plus, that amount of foreign ownership of the debt will raise (and is raising) concerns about our long-term sustainability ability to maintain control over our own financial markets and economic policy decisions. To say that the massive debt and the amount of money we spend to service it doesn't matter is just about as short-sighted as it gets and demonstrates why voters continue to make such bad decisions.

 

[akaTrex]

DOGE finds $4.3 billion
Wall Street Journal

Taxpayers spent at least $4.3 billion over a three-year period covering the same Medicaid patients twice. Health insurers received duplicate payments from the Medicaid system for covering hundreds of thousands of patients nationwide, leading to billions of dollars in excess taxpayer spending.

 

[not2big]

For now the $4 bn is alleged. Musk has had to revise his claims several times in the past .

 

[not2big]

Dow Jones is down over 700 points today due primarily to the University of Michigan’s final read on consumer sentiment for March which reflected the highest long-term inflation expectations since 1993.

 

[Johnny D]

Dow Jones is down over 700 points today due primarily to the University of Michigan’s final read on consumer sentiment for March which reflected the highest long-term inflation expectations since 1993.

What does Musk have to do with that? Now he's causing inflation, too?!

 

[not2big]

Musk claimed that his actions would reduce inflation and the consumer sentiment report indicates consumers are not that inclined to believe that he will be successful.

 

[Johnny D]

Ahh... Got it. Ya, I think there's way more fear around the impact of tariffs than anything else. I don't doubt that people question whether the work of DOGE will lower prices, but I think consumer sentiment is 90% shaped by tariff concerns right now.

 

[not2big]

I have to agree. Personally, I am planning to hold off the purchase of my next car and that will not benefit the US auto workers.

 

[Johnny D]

Yep. The auto tariffs are going to be a total disaster for US auto workers and the economy in general.

 

[Pegasus]

I am thinking on when to trade my ford for a toyata.

 

[CUSP82]

Yep. The auto tariffs are going to be a total disaster for US auto workers and the economy in general.

First the auto workers are all behind the tariffs; it will bring manufacturing back here.
Okay I own the BMW company. Half of my workforce manufactures cars for export, mostly to the US. This Trump guy puts a tariff on my cars so the $50,000 BMW will now sell for $60,000. Will Americans buy it? Some will but most won't. Now I have all these cars meant for export not being sold; what do I do? Well I could lay off the workers who make the cars for export but that won't make me too popular will it? Or I can decrease the price of my cars, essentially eating the tariff, so people will buy them. Or I could do nothing and go broke. What would you do?

 

[akaTrex]

Got to love these Unhinged protests against Tesla!
As the Great Ron White says . . .

 

[CUSP82]

I have to agree. Personally, I am planning to hold off the purchase of my next car and that will not benefit the US auto workers.

Try buying a car made in America.

 

[Johnny D]

First the auto workers are all behind the tariffs; it will bring manufacturing back here.

First, they don't understand how global trade works and that it's not as simple as bringing jobs back to the US. The free trade we've been seeing took decades to build and auto manufacturing doesn't just shift back and forth. Second, they're seeing it from a "what's in it for me" perspective. All they see is protectionism for their own jobs, rather than the context of an interconnected economy.

Okay I own the BMW company. Half of my workforce manufactures cars for export, mostly to the US. This Trump guy puts a tariff on my cars so the $50,000 BMW will now sell for $60,000. Will Americans buy it? Some will but most won't. Now I have all these cars meant for export not being sold; what do I do? Well I could lay off the workers who make the cars for export but that won't make me too popular will it? Or I can decrease the price of my cars, essentially eating the tariff, so people will buy them. Or I could do nothing and go broke. What would you do?

Actually what you'll do is slow your production and layoff a bunch of workers. We're going to see that in every market that's affected by the tariffs. Margins simply don't allow you to just lower your costs to make up for the tariffs and offer your car for cheap.

Try buying a car made in America.

You must not be aware that cars aren't simply "made in America". The global supply chain runs through the entire industry. Tesla has quite a bit of US production and even Musk has already said that the tariffs will affect them. All of the US auto makers rely on a global supply chain so "made in America" cars are going to see a big increase as well. In many cases, well over half the car is sourced from multiple countries as well as assembled and shipped back and forth between countries. This has been good for the consumer and brought the cost of cars down, while the US auto industry has been thriving due to free trade.

 

[Johnny D]

Try buying a car made in America.

I vaguely remember a time when conservative ideals included the support of free markets and allowing businesses and consumers to transact in a way that was most beneficial to each of them. Conservatives used to oppose the government telling the market how to do its job. Both sides now are trying to get away from that and closer to central control (aka, socialism).

 

[not2big]

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First the auto workers are all behind the tariffs; it will bring manufacturing back here.

that’s because the auto workers believe the misinformation spread by the lier-in-chief. In the 1920s, tariffs saw a significant rise in prices culminating in the Smoot-Howley Act in 1930 which raised import duties and led to retaliatory action from other countries ultimately resulting in a significant decline in international trade and worsening the Great Depression.

Yes, history can be a valuable teacher, offering insights into the present and future by examining the past - helping us to understand the consequences of mistaken actions and avoid repeating mistakes.

 

[Pegasus]

I drive a Ford next car is likely a Toyota .