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A new Tesla is all of those things too, but expecting a construction laborer or call center worker to drive one is delusional.

sammalloy 5y ago
Except, one doesn't need a Tesla to drive a new electric car. I don't think the analogy holds up. The car industry is now switching to electric cars, but this is not a new approach. There have been multiple attempts since the 1990s to get them to change to electric, and it is only now actually happening. We should expect everyone to drive one once the switch is complete, so there's nothing delusional about it. What /was/ delusional, was the response I got from the GM salesperson in 1997, when I tried to buy the EV1 off a dealer in San Bruno. He said, "no, I can't sell you this car, it's lease only."
s5300 5y ago
... you clearly don't know much about construction laborers. Construction laborers (in the U.S.) typically make fucking bank, as it's impossible to hide the fact that they're ruining their body doing the work. This is where the stereotype of construction laborers driving brand new stupidly large lifted trucks comes from. They have money. Given the fact that "Wealthfront helps you build wealth by doing nothing. We make it easy to maximize your returns, lower your taxes, and grow your money effortlessly." Is the first thing to come up when searching for your employer, I guess it's not hard for me to imagine the source of your disconnect though.
- kevinpet 5y ago
  Ad hominem much? Skilled trades make bank. General labor doesn't https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/lab/d/tempe-construction-labor-entry-level/7363414736.html https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/lab/d/tempe-construction-... $30K / yr. That's a perfectly fine starting point, on par with what I made in the Marines. So I have a pretty good idea how much money that is, and it isn't anywhere that you are thinking about renting an apartment that has an actual marketing department and gets discussed here.

sammalloy 5y ago

Except, one doesn't need a Tesla to drive a new electric car. I don't think the analogy holds up. The car industry is now switching to electric cars, but this is not a new approach. There have been multiple attempts since the 1990s to get them to change to electric, and it is only now actually happening. We should expect everyone to drive one once the switch is complete, so there's nothing delusional about it. What /was/ delusional, was the response I got from the GM salesperson in 1997, when I tried to buy the EV1 off a dealer in San Bruno. He said, "no, I can't sell you this car, it's lease only."

s5300 5y ago

... you clearly don't know much about construction laborers. Construction laborers (in the U.S.) typically make fucking bank, as it's impossible to hide the fact that they're ruining their body doing the work. This is where the stereotype of construction laborers driving brand new stupidly large lifted trucks comes from. They have money. Given the fact that "Wealthfront helps you build wealth by doing nothing. We make it easy to maximize your returns, lower your taxes, and grow your money effortlessly." Is the first thing to come up when searching for your employer, I guess it's not hard for me to imagine the source of your disconnect though.

kevinpet 5y ago
Ad hominem much? Skilled trades make bank. General labor doesn't https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/lab/d/tempe-construction-labor-entry-level/7363414736.html https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/lab/d/tempe-construction-... $30K / yr. That's a perfectly fine starting point, on par with what I made in the Marines. So I have a pretty good idea how much money that is, and it isn't anywhere that you are thinking about renting an apartment that has an actual marketing department and gets discussed here.