I don’t get the hate for this. I feel like people don’t get what the initial thunderbird was like. its was a slow stylish coupe for cruising. it was not a sports car or a muscle car. ford built exactly what they old one was and even had the proper idea to keep it rwd and v8.

A kindergartner likely could have parked 100MM in the Manhattan area real estate market 40-50 years ago and turned it into 2 BN today.

inheriting millions of dollars is now hard work and skill? huh

Very well put. I have been involved in these negotiations first hand and I can tell that it’s like the wild west. Companies now demand and expect huge incentive packages and it’s become just another ‘thing to do’ in the deal. as common as breathing.

Nope. Try again. There are hundreds of thousands of supplier design and production jobs in America.

Look at percentages. The overwhelming majority of GM, Ford, and FCA production takes place in North America. Overwhelmingly so.

Yes, and why does nobody ever mention that? He’s a great self-promotor (well, at least he was until he went off the rails), but he’s actually a lousy businessman.

I think this country has enough assholes running around. We don't need another one occupying public office.

Good for people wanting to buy cheap Chinese imports. Bad for people wanting jobs making stuff in the US, whether for consumption here (more Chinese price competition) or elsewhere (more competition for those export markets with Chinese goods).

That’s pretty much exactly my point. People find it almost ritualistic to rag on Amazon’s lack of earnings, but operating profit appeared far sooner and with far greater regularity despite those sizable (and - unlike Tesla - roughly continuous) capital expenditures.

Even Amazon was pulling a profit faster than that (6.5 years from founding to first profit, 4.5 years from IPO), and that’s a company run seemingly hellbent on operating close to breakeven.

It’s a little unfair to say that Tesla loses $4k on every car they sell because it implies that if they sold more cars, they’d lose even more money. That’s not the case; the operating losses are overhead that is not covered by vehicle sales, which theoretically would be covered if they sold more cars. It’s better just…

Gotta go with the Harley straight pipes.

Where have I seen that car before........

If the beetle was powered by a huge cockroach, you would never have this problem.

You should really fire your accountant if he seriously gave you the advice to make less money if you want to lower your tax bill.

“We were just barely nudged into a higher bracket with my new job.”

Exactly. Heaven knows that the traditional taxicabs in a lot of cities could use the tonic value of competition ... but it has to be on something resembling a level playing field, with comparable requirements on both sides for responsibility and accountability toward drivers and society.

One SERIOUS thing to consider is whether either couple is paying back student loans using IBR. If so, and the couple files jointly, that joint income is considered for the payment amount, not just the borrowers. That could be a HUGE difference.

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