Taking credit for getting back to parity after the 2008 crash is pretty rich. Does he get to take credit for the upcoming recession?

The fact that both bills pretty well amounted to extortion? The wall thing is nonsense. There’s zero issue at the border. Illegal immigration has been flat to declining for over a decade, it’s a red herring positioned to feed off xenophobic (at best) and racist (more likely) fears.

1) Not a reason given the alternative

Pretty trite response for what were effectively, poison pills. Your boy is holding government workers hostage for a political win with zero practical impact. Democrats are digging their heels because if they give in on this one, they’re basically setting a precedent that allows this idiot to do exactly this every time…

Seems like an unnecessary detail to fixate on as well.

Sometimes I agree that a media outlet that was unapologetically unbiased and made it known would be good. I also think getting off the need for a 24/7 news cycle that immediately jumps on every little thing would also be good.

Because the highest tax bracket tops out at 500K (37%) and really, doesn’t move that much after 157k (32%) - and the difference between the wealth of people with 157k or 500k, and the very top earners in this country is night and day. Meaning that the tax brackets should really cover a whole lot of ground, up to and…

I actually don’t agree that fuel prices will rise. EVs are too viable at this point - oil companies need time to diversify. What a repeat of the early ‘oughts will do is drive EV adoption up and ultimately hurt the oil companies.

Seems like an oddly specific comment to focus on, and get triggered by. Long live unions? Of all things?

Nice work here - these are by far my favorite Jalopnik articles, along with David Tracy’s occasional madness.

You get pretty used to it. People act like it’s the worst thing every but after a week it’s totally fine. 

Problem is - that would really suck for the American economy. 

The interesting and wonderful thing about the current GM strategy is that people seem really glad they’re being “hard nosed” and “cutting their losses”. But really it’s just rebranding the fact that they can’t seem to figure out how to succeed in the market so they just quit. What’s going to happen when they’re down…

Fun fact, Guinness, because it has lower ABV - is actually lower in calories than a ton of beers, and pretty much on par with Bud Light - which is disgusting.

Having driven four of those cars, and currently owning a 911, in a world where I had unlimited budget, the Esprit is the one I’d have. 

I think it’s worth also rethinking how Unions work within a company. They need to represent a balanced corner of power - and I think they need a seat in the board room. That way when necessary, they can give a little when needed, but also call out the board-room bullshit when necessary.

I tend to see the workforce as an easy sacrifice to make cost reductions, and companies overall should try to do a better job at looking at cost reductions holistically, instead of just cutting staff because it’s the easiest and fastest thing to do.

There’s a bit of hyperbole in what you’re saying. If you read his email you’ll see he implies that reductions will be in the temp staff, not full time workers. Also - it’s 7% - not half the workforce.

Been a long time since I have read the comics. At least two decades. But I feel like there was always a “heart of gold” component this dude. Like, he would genuinely fuck people up, but there was a heroic element to him. I think the modern context with violence in schools and people acting like vigilantes has muddied…

I think the first casualty in a gas price spike won’t be SUV per se, but it may be ICE cars, and the oil industry knows it. It isn’t in their interest to be too greedy - because EV adoption is currently in a “decades” timeline, but 5 dollar a gallon gas in the US will push that into “A decade” or two, max. If they…