Huntsville is quite an up and coming locale for tech and government jobs

It’s a fine question but the answer is that PIF doesn’t care about the value of their existing stake as much as they care about the cost of acquiring the rest of the company

Traditionally, all globally sold vehicles (ie outside US) were made in Shanghai and shipped early in the quarter. As the quarter progressed, Shanghai would shift to local deliveries.

They’ve made some efforts to unwind this delivery pattern, and they now make Model Ys for Europe in Germany, but Europe still receives a lot of Chinese exports (and US exports for Model S/X) so the deliveries are still somewhat “lumpy”.

This should continue to smooth out however

If you have Army questions just let me know or ask at r/army haha

Context: “Tactical Vehicle” basically means any army vehicle painted tan or green and designed to operate off road, ie not a “GOV” or normal commercial vehicle such as a Ford 15-passenger van or something that would have a GSA license plate.

It doesn’t have to be airtight, just beyond a reasonable doubt.

Any EV truck has an 82k instead of 80k limit

Correct - 11,464M is the same as 11.464B.

It’s just written that way to keep all numbers in millions so they’re easy to compare with each other.

Perhaps has to do with rewards programs?

Rite

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-recalls-nearly-519000-us-vehicles-over-fire-risks-2022-11-24/

Here ya go - apparently 54 Fords have caught fire under the hood (!) but somehow it's not as big a deal as some OTA software updates Tesla is doing

Batteries are extremely recyclable and the battery recycling industry is ramping up.

Redwood materials, founded by a former Tesla exec, just signed a multi-billion dollar deal with Panasonic to supply Panasonic’s new Kansas battery plant (currently under construction) with cathode material from recycled batteries.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2022/11/15/redwood-materials-to-supply-cathodes-for-panasonics-kansas-ev-battery-plant/?sh=c2fee032cc95

Dude I’d say you’re killing it!

Well first off, 30/75 is 40% not one third which is definitely a little higher.

Second off, no criticism from me! That’s a great mark in my opinion. See if you can draft a list of ways to invest your cash in your own growth etc. you’ve got great instincts.

If you have a 401k, are you maxing that? Are you maxing your IRA?

“Hyper saver”

“Save a third of income”

I mean that sounds like you’re just being prudent…doesn’t sound hyper to me

Oh so nothing. Got it

Sure but the difference is sales tax is money coming from the consumer, with no tie to the collecting company.

Payroll tax is money the company hands to the employee, who immediately hands it to the government. It's money which was created by the company and which the government receives as a direct result of the company's economic activity.

I didn't say it was the same as income tax.

Why is it disingenuous? Where do you think the money is coming from?

how is that a right? What grants that right?

That's because there was no personal income tax until 1913.

In 2021, US Government revenue was 2.04T from personal income tax (50.7%), 1.31T from payroll taxes (32.6%), and 372B (9.2%) from corporate income tax.

50% of payroll taxes (16.3% of federal revenue) are paid by corporations, which means money directly from corporations makes up 25.5% of federal revenue. The other half (another 16.3% of federal revenue) is from employee-paid payroll taxes, which is just money handed from the employer to the employee to the government, so essentially 41.8% of federal revenue comes directly from the employer.

Looking at IRS data from 2018 and 2019 it appears that salaries and wage makes up about 2/3 of reported personal income.

Now that doesn't mean it is the source for 2/3 of the tax revenue of course, as deductions and credits alter that. Notwithstanding, if tax revenue from wages and salaries makes up only 16% of total personal income tax revenue, that would mean 50.0% of federal revenue is derived, directly or indirectly from a company.

The reality is that personal income tax on wage and salaries probably far exceeds 16% of all personal income tax revenue, meaning businesses are likely responsible for well over 50% of federal revenue.

That's without taking into account any other federal revenue streams from companies such as excise duties and customs taxes.

So companies are still a very very large driver of Federal revenue.

Ah so you were answering a different post than the one you replied to

the sentence "And Massachusetts!"?

Or did you mean to reply to the OP instead of me?

The last part of what

It's a commonwealth along with PA, KY, VA was the point