Comment by delusional
17 hours ago
> unless you assume it will be used for punishing poorly cooperative companies.
You don't have to assume that. The US government has already made that policy quite clear.
17 hours ago
> unless you assume it will be used for punishing poorly cooperative companies.
You don't have to assume that. The US government has already made that policy quite clear.
Does this also apply to Tesla with the previous administration, or is this new dynamic?
It does not, because the previous administrations haven't openly spoken about retracting contracts because of personal infighting[1]. I am under no illusion that the American Democratic party is also quite terrible, but that does not make the current administrations outright corruption any more unclear.
[1]: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1146322069923...
Sure, the Biden admin actively targeted a publicly traded company[0] because their CEO was critical of the administration, but that's not fascism. Fascism is when the bad guys make spreadsheets.
[0] https://www.newsweek.com/ev-tax-credit-2024-tesla-model-3-ex...
Those battery sourcing provisions for the EV tax credit came from the Inflation Reduction Act which was enacted in August 2022. The administration did not ask for them to be put in. The came from a deal in July or August to get Senator Manchin to vote for the bill, which was critical for its passage.
Afterwards when it came to implementing them the administration implemented them as loosely as it could to try to minimize the number of EVs that would lose the tax credit. In particular it did not apply them to leases, which greatly upset Manchin who said that they were supposed to apply there too.
Do you have any evidence that the change in enforcement was targeted at Tesla or that the change was in response to Musk’s criticism?
Also, comparing the actions of Trump to anything any previous President (including Trump 1!) almost feels like you’re being disingenuous.
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