return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDonald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against Itwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1563
arrow-up1563external-linkDonald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against Itwww.wired.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareplootlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up122·1 day ago You get what you pay for. At $90K, no you most certainly don’t.
minus-squareElgenzay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-21 day agoThe majority of the cost is stupid tax
minus-squareplootlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoDo you have a source for that? Also we should note that Tesla paid $0 income tax on $2 billion income in 2024. And Trump axed the tax rebate to help people buy EVs.
minus-squareElgenzay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 day agoDumb tax as in tax for being dumb. I was joking. I think “stupid tax” is the more common verbiage, I’ve updated it
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 hours agoPersonally I think “idiot tax” works better. “Stupid” and “dumb” being adjectives that could also be describing the tax itself, rather than the person paying it, is ambiguous. But “idiot tax” clearly says, to me anyway, “a tax on idiots.”
minus-squareplootlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoAh, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoThe phrase “idiot tax” is also used to describe people who buy lottery tickets.
At $90K, no you most certainly don’t.
The majority of the cost is stupid tax
Do you have a source for that?
Also we should note that Tesla paid $0 income tax on $2 billion income in 2024. And Trump axed the tax rebate to help people buy EVs.
Dumb tax as in tax for being dumb. I was joking.
I think “stupid tax” is the more common verbiage, I’ve updated it
Personally I think “idiot tax” works better.
“Stupid” and “dumb” being adjectives that could also be describing the tax itself, rather than the person paying it, is ambiguous. But “idiot tax” clearly says, to me anyway, “a tax on idiots.”
Ah yeah good point
Ah, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
The phrase “idiot tax” is also used to describe people who buy lottery tickets.