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Texas makes tesla direct sales illegal. Tesla bribes Texas governor with factory in Texas. Texas governor decides to change law. Perry runs for president in 201
by omarforgotpwd 13y ago
Texas makes tesla direct sales illegal. Tesla bribes Texas governor with factory in Texas. Texas governor decides to change law. Perry runs for president in 2016 as a "job creator".
Good old American corruption
- grecy 13y agoI really enjoy that it's so open and honest, and because of that, nobody knows it's happening!
- steelaz 13y agoIs it still a bribe if benefit is for the state and not an individual?
- joelrunyon 13y agoIt's not really a bribe - I think a better word is "competition" since Tesla hasn't decided where to build it. How is this a bad thing?
- baddox 13y agoI'll take the "corruption" that leads to economic efficiency any day.
- omarforgotpwd 13y agoIf a small company trying something disruptive needs to do favors to the government or face restrictions, that's a large barrier to entry and less economic efficiency. Opening a car factory is not cheap. For an auto startup one mistake like this can destroy the company. Texas of course stands to gain millions in tax revenue + good press.
- jsnk 13y agoThe system is so corrupt that even an honest business that just wants to make healthy profit by serving customers have to dirty their hands with politicians and legislators to run a legitimate business.