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Worth noting that DOGE's smash-and-grab on regulatory agencies is almost certain, given how chaotic and incompetent the actions are, to bump into Tesla's depend
by cratermoon 2y ago
Worth noting that DOGE's smash-and-grab on regulatory agencies is almost certain,
given how chaotic and incompetent the actions are,
to bump into Tesla's dependencies on federal money.
We've already seen knock-on affects of the tariff war,
which merit a single short mention in the article.
- jmye 2y agoIn a rational world, I’d think you were right. In the weirdo, crony world we currently appear to live in, I expect that all subsidies to competitors will end and Tesla’s will remain untouched via fiat. There’s just no reason for an administration that already produced a state-run ad for the company to stop cutting them breaks.
- cratermoon 2y agoIn a competent world, they'd be able to determine the difference between ones that affect Tesla and ones that don't. I'm not sure we're in that world.
- jmye 2y agoHa, fair point - I suppose we could find out if they’ll get lucky anyway with a couple of basic ChatGPT prompts.