the richest man in the world and an unpopular congress just gave you $10 eggs and milk as a christmas present by killing the farm bill. congrats.
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I already keep chickens, might need to add a couple goats before cow milk goes to $10/gal
One question: Will the TSA be affected by a government shutdown?
It will affect their paychecks. Same with the military and other essential services. Generally, they can't shut down those offices, but they also can't pay them except in cases where the money was already put into accounts for paying those things.
No, I don't think so. TSA and air traffic have to work unpaid
Airport security checkpoints etc. will slow to a crawl. The TSA agents may be forced to show up, but they can’t be forced to work at their normal pace.
I remember this from 2019. It took about a month for the pilot/flight attendant/ATC unions to put 'urge' and end to the shutdown for safety concerns, this is part of their statement:
Due to the shutdown, air traffic controllers, transportation security officers, safety inspectors, air marshals, federal law enforcement officers, FBI agents, and many other critical workers have been working without pay for over a month. Staffing in our air traffic control facilities is already at a 30-year low and controllers are only able to maintain the system’s efficiency and capacity by working overtime, including 10-hour days and 6-day workweeks at many of our nation’s busiest facilities. source
I'm afraid I'm team TSA-is-pageantry. However, TSA should not go without pay regardless and ATC being stressed about finances concerns me.
yup - and air traffic controllers, right before christmas. good job, republicans.
Two of the stupidest people on the planet marching to Putin's orders - WCGW?
“Stop the steal of your tax dollars!”
Notice something? They are not his tax dollars. Most likely because he personally does not really contribute to them.
This is gonna be awesome. /s
This is the best thing we can hope for this administration. Complete and utter chaos. Hopefully they’ll be so busy in fighting and firing and rehiring and sexually assaulting people that they can’t fuck shit up too bad.
The sound of Musk is music to my ears. He is an incompetent and overconfident. A great way to get nothing done. Of course voters do not hold politicians to their promises, but if they did hiring Musk would be a great way to ensure failure.
You can say a lot about Musk but he sure as shit gets things done.
Like destroying Twitter in 2 years?
Like being the CEO of one of the only companies that's managed to make electric cars profitable while also being the CEO of the first company to ever reuse space rockets and boosters..
I don't like him as a person but I can recognise that he's a pretty remarkable CEO.
The man has a talent like no one else I've ever seen for having absolutely everything he touches crumble instantly into dogshit. A Mierdas Touch, one might say.
Yeah spacex and tesla is just silly useless dust..
Tesla 100% is and could not have been squandered more effectively if you showed up wanting to do so. They were THE EV marketplace powerhouse, now they're a laughing stock and the stock price is only held up by Musk's political interference.
SpaceX isn't actively managed by Musk at all and it shows. Legend says they have a team of employees specifically dedicated to running interference when he shows up, which I believe, because they don't actively shoot themselves in the foot constantly.
What on earth are you talking about?
Tesla is about the only company that actually makes money selling EVs.
The stock price has increased about 100% over the last year.
The all time high of the stock was literally 4 days ago..
Their position in the market is not reasonable. They make trash cars that break, can't be repaired anywhere except their special shop, cost half again as much as competitors and don't do what they advertise. Tesla lies to their customers (via Musk, primarily) on a constant basis. Their cars are dangerous and feature obvious oversights that every other EV manufacturer has solved.
Despite all this Tesla's market value is $1.2 trillion and their next competitor, BYD Co is valued at $106 billion. That gap is insane. Tesla is artificially inflated.
The all time high of the stock was literally 4 days ago..
Hmm... I wonder what could have happened to cause this... Maybe some major event that people keep making memes about...
You stated that everythibg Elon touches goes to shit.
I showed that's objectively false.
I'm no tesla or Elon fan at all but I can recognize that the man has abilities to get things done even if he is a major douchebag.
I wonder how many attempts on Musk's life there have been that the public hasn't heard about. I imagine being among the wealthiest people alive makes you a target even without all of the meddling in politics Musk has done.
He has his baby shield deployed.
I hope there isn't even an attempt, that he's instead snuffed out by something stupid like a battery fire in that dumb little tunnel he made where you can't get the car doors open.
I hope one of his kids kills him, itd be hilarious.
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