Re:Tesla California sales beat Chrysler, Volvo, Cadillac, ot...
by ams6110 on Saturday August 24, 2013 @11:23AM
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people on the right never complain about all of the government failures on military spending. X-Ray lasers, planes and tanks that don't work, crazy and kooky DARPA projects
Crazy and kooky DARPA projects... like the internet?
Joking aside, some people on the right do complain, especially those with libertarian leanings. You are correct that mainstream politicians (in both parties) do not, they are in bed with these industries and you will never see anything but occasional feigned outrage over something absurd and irrelevant like a $300 toilet seat.
I actually think the question is, would Tesla have succeeded anyway? I think the answer is yes. The people buying them now are not people who could not afford them absent the tax incentives. Musk did all the right things, he was an established success story to start with, he started his company in California, home of large numbers of wealthy environmentally concerned people who will overlook practicality if they can make a fashion statement. On the other hand you don't see very many middle class people who can afford a Tesla even with the tax breaks, or whose needs in a car match what a Tesla offers.
Investments in companies like Solyndra failed because those companies would have failed anyway, they either had a bad business plan or were trying to enter markets that didn't really exist.
Crazy and kooky DARPA projects... like the internet?
Joking aside, some people on the right do complain, especially those with libertarian leanings. You are correct that mainstream politicians (in both parties) do not, they are in bed with these industries and you will never see anything but occasional feigned outrage over something absurd and irrelevant like a $300 toilet seat.
I actually think the question is, would Tesla have succeeded anyway? I think the answer is yes. The people buying them now are not people who could not afford them absent the tax incentives. Musk did all the right things, he was an established success story to start with, he started his company in California, home of large numbers of wealthy environmentally concerned people who will overlook practicality if they can make a fashion statement. On the other hand you don't see very many middle class people who can afford a Tesla even with the tax breaks, or whose needs in a car match what a Tesla offers.
Investments in companies like Solyndra failed because those companies would have failed anyway, they either had a bad business plan or were trying to enter markets that didn't really exist.