Has Musk bought it then or what? Saw reports that the deal stalled now I can’t find anything. Are those my feet?
Elon Musk
Good grief that dude is just so lame. Imagine being a sycophant for someone with that level of cringe. Embarrassing.
Why did he go with Gary Oldman’s Dracula?
Put him in a Trump costume and the mannerisms are pretty much the same.
Lead me, sir.
Dude is absolutely crackers.
Listen babe, there is a crisis of confidence amongst western men. It is time I reclaim my masculinity. Please meet my advisor…
Hugo watching Peterson cry during a lecture about Fog Horn Leg Horn.
Musk is deffo doing his everything for the environment. This is a 22 minute car ride according to Google.
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Homegrove it could be an aircraft repositioning flight i.e. to park it in its hangar, garage or next pick-up point etc.
Also, to be extra dull, when I put it in to google it states “typically 30-45 minutes” between the 2 airports on Saturday at 10am, which is when the flight was; plus there are people in the comments section who say it was more like 1 hour at the time.
Think we need Liqui to simulate it all out to he 100% sure here.
jonattonyeah Dude is absolutely crackers.
He’s fucking great.
I’m not a Peterson acolyte who lives my life by his recommendations (far from it). Nor am I one of his ‘trigger the libs’ idiot fanboys who just gets off on how much he pisses off the left.
I just really, really enjoy how he chews up people who are vacuous pseudo-intellectuals and spits them out like he did Cathy Newman.
This was magnificent, he just utterly demolishes her.
He’s very sharp for sure.
Nail on head:
Can’t stand Trevor Noah
bosstrabs not that its easy to make this rational argument in mixed company but little of the wage gap is down to wage discrimination but differences between men and women in important determinants of earnings such as hours worked, experience, training and occupation not to mention interrupted careers to start a family. Newman conveniently never mentions this.
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Old-Dutch Nail on head:
A few things:
Firstly, it’s well within the remit of governments to choose to tax some things but not others. If they wish to tax income but not unrealised capital gains then they can. If you disagree with it then you can lobby against the tax law, vote for a party which wishes to tax differently, move to somewhere else with a different tax system etc. etc.
Second, what he’s arguing for is basically the same kind of thing as a wealth tax on the value of property, including both fully owned and mortgaged property.
Following his line of thought would have you agree that you shouldn’t be allowed to take out a mortgage to buy a property unless you’re prepared to pay a wealth tax on the value of it. Although most countries in the west have income taxes and capital gains taxes, the majority don’t have a wealth tax, which is basically what he wants.
Finally, there can actually be good reasons as to why a government would provide tax incentives for keeping your wealth in a company - it could be argued that it’s better for society if company owners are encouraged to increase the value of their companies by as much as possible and keep the wealth in that company, as it has knock-on effects for the wider economy and job creation. Taxing company value more punitively, or in a shared pool with your other income, could just encourage business owners such as Musk to extract their earnings from the company asap and pocket it, as opposed to keep growing and developing the business.
alistair differences between men and women in important determinants of earnings such as hours worked, experience, training and occupation not to mention interrupted careers to start a family
I am the kind of boring wonk who still reads Economics and Public Policy journals (EconPol graduate) and another one is males are attracted to dangerous but relatively high paying occupations in numbers much greater than women are.
To give just one example, driving chemical lorries, which requires a special license, and pays really quite well for people without further education (£60,000 a year on average).
bosstrabs To give just one example, driving chemical lorries
A friend had a well-paying job that evaporated over Covid (he oversaw all the audio/video for conferences at hotels in multiple states - dunno when those are coming back). He bought himself a $250,000 18 wheeler and now drives chemicals around. Makes damn good coin. Seems like a lonely existence but he loves it.
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hugopal Firstly, it’s well within the remit of governments to choose to tax some things but not others. If they wish to tax income but not unrealised capital gains then they can.
I dont have an issue with this. The bit I’m struggling with is how these deals can be done with collateral of unrealised assets.
If I wanted to swap my house with someone I’m still going to have to pay stamp duty taxes - even though I’m not buying anything.
The equivalent bird is working in a deli or making pretty cupcakes for minimum wage.
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Old-Dutch I dont have an issue with this. The bit I’m struggling with is how these deals can be done with collateral of unrealised assets.
If I wanted to swap my house with someone I’m still going to have to pay stamp duty taxes - even though I’m not buying anything.
I don’t think this is really like him swapping his house with someone though; surely it’s more comparable to remortgaging.
If you buy a house with a mortgage, and it goes up massively in value before you’ve paid off the mortgage - you can typically get an additional loan/remortgage from the bank based on the value increase. That’s using the collateral of the unrealised increase in the value of your home, and you don’t have to pay capital gains tax when you do that either.
jonattonyeah
I’ve just started my own courier business after having my own decorating business for over 20 years. I’ve gone from working in people’s houses and building good relationships with all my customers to now working completely on my all day. It can be lonely at times but I’m starting to visit places I’ve never been to in the UK.