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Good time to buy TSLA as I'm selling mine

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  1. TMR-JWAP

    TMR-JWAP Senior Member

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    Do you feel the 2008 crisis was due to Bush policies?

    or...

    Clinton's Legacy: The Financial and Housing Meltdown
     
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    Bush eliminated a lot of the financial inves controls old the 1933 Glass-Stlegall Act and allowed banks to get into so called NINJA loans supported
    supported by credit default swaps.
     
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    fuzzy1 Senior Member

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    Many people do care what happens to their community, country, or world after they pass. So personal ROI before they pass isn't their sole concern.
     
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    True ...
    Bush gets blame for NAFTA & Clinton gets it for trade with china. Had that not happened they might still be driving rickshaw's & sailing sandpans - & other countries could be safely sailing through the China Sea

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    My monthly electric bill will go down, an expense I won't have to pay. Better to start getting some return on investment while I'm still on this side of the grass.

    BTW, Tesla stock has no dividends. The only way to make a profit is to sell TSLA for more than paid. Since I bought mine starting in 2017, I'm doing OK.

    As for politics and age 74, one candidate has promised to go after people like me with the "National Guard." Did you know that?

    Should that one get into office. An estate sale will not do me (or you) any good. After all, I've yet to see a hearse with a roof rack or towing a trailer.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    Did you know that the media lies? and distorts the truth? and pushes snippets outside their context? Do you really think half the population is as bad as the media tries to portray? I know you fully believed everybody in the party and the media that claimed Joe was perfectly healthy, but you don't have to believe everything pushed your way. Aren't you tired of being lied to? You do have a choice.

    If you have 5 minutes and want to open your eyes:
    Did Trump Say He Would Use Military Against Opponents on Election Day? | Snopes.com
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    • Did you know that the media lies?
      • Certainly FOX does and was successfully sued for ~$600 million dollars for those lies.
    • and distorts the truth?
      • The "EPIC TIMES" does as I get e-mail snippets of their articles.
    • and pushes snippets outside their context?
      • That is why YouTube videos are so useful compared to Alex Jones.
    • Do you really think half the population is as bad as the media tries to portray?
      • "I never met a man I didn't like." Will Rogers, a fellow Oklahoman. I'm in the "mind your own dam business" party.
    • I know you fully believed everybody in the party and the media that claimed Joe was perfectly healthy
      • Joe is healthy and honest enough to turn over the Presidential campaign to Kamala Harris while he works to protect and empower everyone.
    • but you don't have to believe everything pushed your way.
      • Well there is one immediate exception in this thread.
    • Aren't you tired of being lied to?
      • I like PriusChat and our community. So I seldom have to turn up the SQUECH.
    Every year, I review my paid news sources and drop the ones that fail to perform. So I dropped the New York Times as I had the Washington Post many years ago. I've also dropped Consumer Reports. I have no problem paying for accurate news via Patreon or subscriptions as long as they give me a quality product.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Gee.
    I do not know.
    I have children, grandchildren, friends and even some people in my life who think that I'm a fool.
    I'm not exactly a true EVangelist or a sun worshiper but I can think of a few things worst than solar panels to spend your money on if you've made 74 laps around the sun.

    If nothing else they will not detract from the value of a paid-for house, and they will be able to charge a paid-for BEV - all of which can be left behind (all too soon!) to those who come after.
    What the heck else would a 74-year-old spend surplus cash on?
    ESPECIALLY cash that he earned betting against the nay-sayers that said that a startup Electric Vehicle company would never be profitable!!!
    Phineas Taylor Barnum once famously said: No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else....
    As for politics?
    People who raise chickens learn about managing expectations.
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    Those who ignore history and politics suffer from the choice of others.

    It's not who that is in charge that affects ones financial and social well being, it's how what one does to address the current paradigm.
     
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    Sure, the media lies... let's listen to what DJT actually said:



    Oh wait. He did say he was going to use the national guard, or military, to round up radical leftists. I guess you stand corrected.
     
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    Sure, he will have no official power on Election Day 2024. But those statements cover a lot more than just that one day. If he wins ...
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    meh.
    Most of the 'experts' out there don't know the difference between Title32 stuff(National Guard) and Title 10(military.)

    2 Trivia questions:
    When was the last time that the National Guard was federalized in the US for riot control?
    Did they carry loaded weapons? ;)

    I personally have seen NatGuard patrolling US streets, with loaded weapons, a time or two under Title 32.

    Ain't skeered.
     
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    as long as we're going full blown freds house of politics, did trump really say, 'if you elect me, you'll never have to vote again'?
     
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    Reuters reports:

    "Trump was speaking at an event organized by the conservative group Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida.

    Trump said: "Christians, get out and vote, just this time. "You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians."

    He added: "I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote," Trump said."


    From the context, he wasn't necessarily referring to everyone, likely just the Christians with some connection to Turning Point Action.
     
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    Watch out if he starts serving KoolAid...
     
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    Speaking of Kool-Aid - It seems like Trudeau had just about run out

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    once again, snippets of a larger discussion. If anyone really believes he is saying there will be no more elections, you are REALLY reaching for reasons to hate, please remove your tinfoil hat.
     
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    I recall troops being on the corner down from my parents house.

    I recall troops suddenly emerging loaded for business in the building across from where I worked.

    Both occasions were national emergencies.

    It can happen again.
     
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    and how did it apply to the larger discussion?
     
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