Do you mean working age Americans or Americans in general? 40% of the total population not working is probably about what you would expect, accounting for children, retirees, and the disabled. That’s like the Dilbert comic where the boss is furious when he finds out that 40% of all sick days are on Mondays or Fridays. 

We’ve been losing manufacturing jobs mostly because of automation.

How much extra are you getting in a month? In actual lowered taxes, not in the lowered withholdings.

Neutral: Fact is that preparing for the future costs $. Preparing for a new technology or perfecting an emerging one takes $$$$$$. We gave the Big 3 shit for not being able to shift in the 70's to efficiency and being outgunned by the Japanese imports. They’re trying to prevent that from happening again like it did in…

The SEC aren’t the Fun Police. There are people’s actual livelihoods, education funds, and retirements on the line here. We can’t have a system that arbitrarily moves prices around without any rhyme or reason, the market is an efficient system of blah blah blah...etc.

Except the GT is a track car that’s tolerable on the street. The Corvette has to be a comfortable daily driver that can also perform on the track. That requires lots of on-road testing.

To be fair, the person buying these probably doesn’t care what the number means just as long as they can be assured that the bigger number is better.

The only issue with the story I have is:

You nailed this quote as it encapsulates the problem with operating a car company like a Silicon Valley software company. I just finished the book about Theranos- the blood testing company that was founded, became a company with a book value of $50B, and never actually had a functioning product, and now the founder…

It’s a Jaguar, just check the local repair shops.

Hey, I don’t care if it is HIV, the clap, or just the common cold, if you have a potentially infectious disease then you damn well declare it before sleeping with someone. Although especially with HIV because that can still be life ending, or result in a life on permanent meds. Your comfort does not outweigh your…

David Tracy would like 2.7 more Jeeps.  Note he often buys partial Jeeps so the .7 doesn’t bother him. 

a turbo made from a Cuisinart

Yeah, chances are this race will be 90% crashed Leafs.

“wow, it’s in great shape!”

It’s developing. In SoCal there are definitely more CCS fast-charging sites than Superchargers, albeit fewer units overall since Tesla installs double-digit quantities at each site, and they’re not quite as fast so far although there’s already the potential to go up to 350 kW. CCS technology is improving rapidly,…

Looks like it was designed by Will.I.Am

G-wagon competitor that started at like $45,000

None of that however explains the state of New Jersey, which has the most number of Superfund sites in the nation. (Full disclosure, I spent my childhood in Joisey)

“Close it?  But it’s the only place I can get my car serviced!”