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Donald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It (www.wired.com)

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[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 125 points 1 year ago (1 child)

You get what you pay for.

At $90K, no you most certainly don't.

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[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

The majority of the cost is stupid tax

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[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dumb tax as in tax for being dumb. I was joking.

I think "stupid tax" is the more common verbiage, I've updated it

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[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Ah, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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.”

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[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yeah good point

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

The phrase “idiot tax” is also used to describe people who buy lottery tickets.

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