return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoDonald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against Itwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1511arrow-down19
arrow-up1502arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against Itwww.wired.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareElgenzay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·edit-211 hours agoThe majority of the cost is stupid tax
minus-squareploot@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·11 hours 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-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 hours agoThe phrase “idiot tax” is also used to describe people who buy lottery tickets.
minus-squareElgenzay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 hours 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-up1·5 minutes 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-squareploot@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoAh, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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.
The phrase “idiot tax” is also used to describe people who buy lottery tickets.
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, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.