It’s worth noting that employees not in the union do not, in fact, get full union benefits. The only shared benefits they’d receive is pay structure, and likely vacation time - not because they are explicitly entitled to it by right to work laws, but because there are equal pay laws on the books*. These laws…

Kevin, Read my recommendation, there. What I’m saying is that - assuming you want to employ another person, you need to ensure that the upcoming liability for that employee is covered under the employee pension fund. Basically, this would be the sum of PMT(year_X)/[(1+fund growth rate-safety margin)^years to…

This is a fair sentiment for a surprising amount of government employees. I’d argue that postal workers aren’t generally among them. I can say for a fact that the USPS has treated my mail better than any of the private carriers, even if they’re not always the fastest or the cheapest.

Two points: First, I would mostly agree that requiring pre-funding of all subsequent liabilities is something that was done to make the USPS look bad. HOWEVER, there are state-wide government entities which are also able to do this. The Indiana state employee pension fund, for example, is entirely self funded. As…

Forgive me if Poe’s law is rearing it’s head, but you do realize that (certain) patrons of public transport are exactly the reason that public transport can be so gross, right?

Thank you! Somebody had to say it.

Probably a good idea. Fiat and Alpha doesn’t really do electrics. I’d imagine email or blog post would be a step too far.

More than a couple (insufflation is a popular route for abusing prescription drugs, OTCs, amphetamines, etc.), but cocaine would be the one that best fits the BMW target market.

Great call! Literally the first thing I thought of.

This is a perfectly valid suggestion. Point taken!

That movie was about 95% brain-off, run-gun-fun. Unfortunately, the 5% wholly un-necessary guns-r-bad preachiness sprinkled throughout the movie ruined it for me. Just like with “the Purge” directors need to know when to say something meaningful, and when to get off their high horse, and let the audience enjoy…

Driving stupidity ensues in Charleston, SC...

In a vacuum, yes, but much like the ship of thesus, it accrues more and more a life of its own, the more pieces are massaged, repurposed, or replaced.

You haven’t the slightest ink-ling how annoying these threads are.

Appreciate the measured response, particularly if my initial post may have become less so as I got further along. I can also completely understand limited company willingness being an issue when it comes to companies selling powertrain solutions. It just surprises me that so many small car manufacturers such as…

Yes. They Did. If Elio were actually serious about making a product, as opposed to burning through cubic dollars, they should have purchased their entire powertrain 3rd party.

Okay, I absolutely need to know... Why the fuck did Elio decide to develop their own goddamn engine when there was literally a world’s worth of small, efficient, ready to use engines waiting for them. If mileage was their biggest concern, they could have contacted Diahatsu, Daewoo, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru,…

Dude, you’re framing it all wrong! Buick is putting black plastic rocker panels and fender flares on their gorgeous wagon crossover because they love you and want you to be happy want to sell more cars.

Grammar point here, be aware the difference between flair and flare.

umm... wow. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen that before. Consider my level of faith in our legislators unchanged.