Business, Economics, and Taxes 2: That's Why We Fight to Take the Means Back

[Kepler]

Old station wagons are very collectible, Dads ordered them with 4 speeds and big motors in the late 60s and early 70s.

Same here. Dad had a 1961 aquamarine Olds. And that was when colors popped, they weren't the castrated anodyne wuss colors of today.

 

[Handyman]

I found out who Seans Dad is!

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

We had a wagon with the wood panels back in the mid-to-late 80s. It was a Chrysler, so in for service all the time. The last and only Chrysler my dad ever owned, pretty sure he dumped it after only a couple of years.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Target laid off 815 employees on a mass conference call.

 

[LynahFan]

We had a wagon with the wood panels back in the mid-to-late 80s. It was a Chrysler, so in for service all the time. The last and only Chrysler my dad ever owned, pretty sure he dumped it after only a couple of years.

My family sees your Chrysler wagon, and raises with our family car, a 1976 Dodge 15-passenger beauty:



(Our colors were reversed - cream with an orange stripe)

It must’ve been in the bay next to yours at the shop!

 

[Kepler]

"Fucking Chrysler plant here I come."

Edit: And I just learned not to put 'fucking' and 'plant' in the same search query.

 

[Handyman]

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

just get a job, you don't need any assistance!!

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Fucking freeloaders!

 

[Handyman]

max tani (@maxtani.bsky.social)

In a note to staff, Business Insider EIC Jamie Heller says the publication is launching a pilot program called Business Insider AI News Desk that will use AI to “help publish quick news stories.” Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”

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[St. Clown]

max tani (@maxtani.bsky.social)

In a note to staff, Business Insider EIC Jamie Heller says the publication is launching a pilot program called Business Insider AI News Desk that will use AI to “help publish quick news stories.” Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”

bsky.app

I’m excited when they start reporting on Bluto kidnapping Olive Oyl while the police do nothing about it.

 

[Handyman]

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

FOX: The numbers that we looked at show that inflation is still higher than wage growth HASSETT: No. Wage growth is higher than inflation now. I'll send you an email FOX: Inflation is at 2.9% HASSETT: Real wage growth is $1,200 over the year. I'll show it to you

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[Handyman]

I’m excited when they start reporting on Bluto kidnapping Olive Oyl while the police do nothing about it.

"Klarna lets man happily pay for a burger Tuesday he ate today"
-Business Insider

 

[ticapnews]

The economy is doing fine. It's all in your head.

 

[Kepler]

Next week:

Why you might not want civil rights as much as you think you do

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I'd make a joke about "women shouldn't want to be in the workforce anyways" but the NYC already did that one.

we do need to explore how women having the right to vote has harmed society, tho

 

[MissThundercat]

I'd make a joke about "women shouldn't want to be in the workforce anyways" but the NYC already did that one.

we do need to explore how women having the right to vote has harmed society, tho

The NYT will talk to cishet white diners in rural Iowa about that.

 

[aparch]

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."

bsky.app

Economy is fixed now.

Meanwhile, the automakers in Europe are pushing to *increase* the push to electric and off fossil fuels because "China isn't letting up."

So, congratulations America, you're going to have the newest Lada: a car relevant in only one country because the world has moved on without you.

 

[MichVandal]

Meanwhile, the automakers in Europe are pushing to *increase* the push to electric and off fossil fuels because "China isn't letting up."

So, congratulations America, you're going to have the newest Lada: a car relevant in only one country because the world has moved on without you.

I would not assume that car makers react to the change. We very much ignored it back the last time.

 

[RaceBoarder]

Netflix has emerged as the winner in the fight to acquire Warner Bros.

The deal is going to be worth approximately $85 Billion if it's allowed to happen.

I mean, sure... Netflix has yet to be profitable a single day in their existence and already has 300 Million subscribers.... How much room is there for them to grow?

They are the prime example of a modern business that has their entire growth scheme based around acquisition, debt, and POTENTIAL revenue that never comes to fruition.