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Chevy Volt a Failure - GM to Layoff 1,300

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L), Mar 2, 2012.

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  1. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    How is the subsidization of Tesla any different than the subsidization of farm products? They are both selling at a price that the market does not want. Subsidizing Tesla would help "Make America Great Again" because it would keep a manufacturer here in the US with high dollar jobs. Shouldn't we want to keep the manufacturing of our innovative ideas here?

    Now I'm more of a free market believer, but there are benefits to Tesla in the US. Also didn't we want to foster the electric car?
     
    qtlaw, Aug 23, 2018
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  2. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Did I ever support subsidization in any other context?
    Regardless, solar energy, green energy is a clusterfuck of government intervention.
    I don't want to foster anything.
     
    justgladtobehere, Aug 23, 2018
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  3. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Was a general question, not directed specifically to you.
     
    qtlaw, Aug 23, 2018
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Bastiat would have a few things to say about that sentiment.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 23, 2018
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  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The Big Ragu, Aug 24, 2018
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  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Is that coming from a dumpster?

     
    Inky_Wretch, Aug 24, 2018
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  7. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    That's an apt metaphor

    Nicely played
     
    Buck, Aug 24, 2018
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  8. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Are you working from some premise that ag subsidies are good?
     
    Buck, Aug 24, 2018
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  9. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    No. Even in 80’s when I was majoring in Econ I said farm subsidies were wrong.
     
    qtlaw, Aug 24, 2018
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  10. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Inky_Wretch, Aug 28, 2018
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Autonomous cars?

    Not so fast.

     
    Azrael, Aug 29, 2018
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  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I think I said this in an earlier post. Don't sleep on GM when it comes to this. They have put a lot into self-driving r&d, including a few billion dollars that Softbank threw at them (the BOJ has been creating gazillions of yen out of thin air, Softbank has been out there sprinkling it around, good and bad businesses alike -- more bad than good businesses, which will come with an eventual price). Waymo is sexy. Tesla is sexy. They are also very richly valued. GM is deep value in comparison. But they have as good a chance as any of these players to develop something that eventually becomes a standard in that space. They are really putting the work in.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 29, 2018
    #2472
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