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In reply to the discussion: Tesla is the new Hummer. Flying down the highway reading Drudge [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)are from DRUDGE. If that isn't cause for alarm, I don't know what is.
These are the new Hummer owners.
We will find that the idea that these are wealthy people is mostly bogus. I bet 90% of them had to finance or lease. If you can't pay $100,000 cash for your playthings, you aren't wealthy in my book. These are mostly status seekers, not independently wealthy people.
It is ridiculous that California would subsidize that kind of purchase. Even more astounding is that MORE THAN HALF the Tesla sales in March went to NORWAY, where they have a $130,000 tax incentive for a $100,000 car. Go figure.
There is little in this world more offensive than welfare for the affluent. The only think I can think of worse than that is welfare for the affluent, while acting like it is some great environmental cause.