And this story makes a claim that purchasing power is greater in October '23 than October '22 while omitting the 6.5% rate for '22 and the 7% rate the year prior. Inflation is down this year, but that doesn't dig us out of hole created during the two prior years.
Nah domestic manufacturers just build shitty cars that people don't want, dealerships are tacking on ADM which is driving sales away, and interest rates are the highest they've been in decades.
EV sales keep increasing by large amounts YoY which disproves "a lack of desire."
Generational wealth is easily tackled by an inheritance tax. If my rights and living wishes as a dead person don't matter with regard to my property, why should some random stranger be entitled to it either?
You can counteract this with a strict timeframe like 20 or 25 years. If I create something and die a year later, my copyright transfers to whomever and they can hold it for 19 more years. Seems fair all around.
How would that really work in practice though? Would Disney get $100 million for making a movie while I only get $100 for making my own independent movie? It'd be really hard to assign a value to things without the associated system that we currently use.
Which of these behemoth legacy automakers have been "spurred to dash for cheaper EVs?" Most of the recent headlines have been about these automakers complaining that they aren't selling enough EVs and are therefore going to reduce their investment in them, which is quite the opposite of what we're hearing in this article. This article only seems to mention automakers pushing for cheaper supplier costs just like any other business would do.
Well considering about a half dozen Republicans from the previous president's inner circle were convicted of felonies for working on behalf of foreign governments, is it really that outlandish of a claim to make just a few years later?
That's because us regular people aren't in control of the country. Our leadership is akin to what you see in professional wrestling, you have "the heel" and "the face." One group pretends to be the bad guys and the other pretends to be the good guys, but they're really all friends who hang out in the same circles behind the scenes. What they present to the public is all an act.
My parents once bought a private room on Amtrak. When they were shown to it, they literally thought it was a closet to store their bags not their room.
This grant amount is enough to build 39 miles of HSR based on California's project costs. That's 39 miles of rail for the entire nation. I'm not sure you can qualify this as a 'start'. More than likely, this money will be completely wasted as it isn't enough to do anything especially when you spread it out over 50 different states, which would equate to 4,000 feet of track, or 3/4 mile, per state.
I'm betting this money will just go to bribe some political donors. Take note that the amount of investment here is less than what was outlayed to increase the number of EV chargers in the US (which hasn't happened) for something that is orders of magnitude more expensive and complicated than installing battery chargers. California is working on a 171-mile stretch of HSR, and the estimated cost is projected to be around $35 billion in a state with tons of open, undeveloped land. Imagine the cost of doing this along the densely populated eastern seaboard. $8 billion in grants is a joke.
I thought that when the top comment was talking about Zootopia not getting a sequel, when it has already been announced. They uploaded a trailer to YouTube 16 hours ago...
Well, where do you think it goes once it's taxed away at 100%?