gopher said:

Icon said:

This country is a joke. Musk is the financial version of Kamala. Guarded and unproven. If Musk wasn't born into wealth and shielded by government subsidies, his businesses would have crashed a long time ago. It's ridiculous to allow such a silly person to not only get wildly wealthy, but also run enterprises and the damn country? In another world, this situation has to look preposterous. Whatever systems allowed this reality to happen, I hope they get what's coming.

EV companies in China make more vehicles than Tesla and at half the cost (starting msrp's at $15k USD). If Biden hadn't tariff'd Chinese EV's 100%, Tesla would be out of business and our car market wouldn't have inflated. They increased their prices right up to the limit of what they could while maintaining competition over China. If Biden had only tariff'd Chinese EV's at 50%, then starting prices couldn't be higher than 22k competitively. But because the market is excessively guarded by government, they are probably making record profits.

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Canada taxes Chinese WV q00% too, when I heard that a certain brand of Chinese EV, I forget the name but it's popular, has better batteries than Tesla or other North American evs

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OLDDAD77 said:

Rep Brandon Gill is proposing a bill to have Trump put in the $100 bill!

It’s comforting to know our representatives are focusing on the important things that are going to make our lives better!

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GenesisCorrupted said:

I always felt like it should be illegal for people to try to recruit highschoolers to go and die in foreign wars.
It just feels so ghoulish to have them in the building where we are trying to teach people and there they are with the alternative to stop learning so you can kill people and do what you’re told. It’s like the exact opposite of what should be in a school.

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Seriously_trippin said:

Then they aren't very good at it. Most people get out of school and pretty much forget everything they learned. I imagine homeschooling/private school does the same thing just different specific ideals.  Private school does that more then anything child care wise.

Thats really what it is child care, teaching kids how to speak well and articulate, teach a bit of history and basic math (the advanced math everyone forgets), getting them to excessive but teach them nothing about why they're really doing it. And a few other thought engaging classes that aren't ever applicable.

Gives them a chance to socialize and learn how to make friends,find romance learn how to socialize with people. Learn when not to trust people, learn how the world really works.

I think it's good to give working parents child care that also engages their minds and gives them social skills, speaking and reading skills, basic math skills, a general understanding of the history of the world and some street smarts.

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gopher said:

Them scotts

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Theres a rumour that locals have been taking shits in the holes.

Glorious