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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Oh, don't get me wrong, Shaun - I agree with you completely. The F35 debacle is inexcusable. This is, however, a thread about Musk and Tesla.
This reminds me of when my two boys were little. I would catch one doing something naughty, and wind up getting all the dirt on the other one.
Like then, the crime that is the F35 program in no way excuses or minimizes the crime that is Tesla. It doesn't even distract from it. They each deserve their own attention.
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For me it's the one-sided faux outrage that bothers me so much Jeff, part of the divisiveness that is ruining out country, IMHO anyway. The heart of the thread, as I interpret it, is "
I'd have more respect for him if he hadn't involuntarily risked my money."
It's all about wasting money and the list is long on that account.
I always say that India, as a nation, could rule the world if culturally they could stop the over-promise and under-deliver work ethic as well fix standardized corruption. Greatest entrepreneurial culture on the planet but those two things hold the country back.
While we are still #1 on the planet, it is amazing to me the amount of money purely wasted by our government and how much greater we could be if someone reigned that in, smartly. So, for me, while $4B of local, state and federal subsidies are something to be very concerned about, I'd like to see more bit ching about $400B. Personally, I'm unable to do anything about it now though have made some meager attempts which were completely worthless, but I think 10 years from now I'd like to be in a place to do something constructive on the issue.
We're on the same page, I'm just annoyed (can you tell) at the selectivism.