He got the country to pull its head out of the sand and ADMIT there is a climate crisis and got the country to start doing something about it.
He brought honor and respect back to our country on the world stage. He isn't laughed at by world leaders like Trump was.
Saudi Arabia won't even answer Biden's phone calls asking for more oil. He falls asleep during meetings with heads-of-state. He is considered a joke everywhere.
We don't yet know which models will meet the criteria. The final rules will be set by the Department of Energy. Under the bill, the DOE has until the end of the year to finalize the rules. Also, some vehicles may qualify for half credit, $3750. The critical minerals part of the bill is something I actually like and I'm glad Manchin put it in there.
However, the critical minerals provision is so complicated that I'm wondering if the DOE will be able to meet their deadline. So we could see some sort of waiver.
Also note that the $4000 tax credit for used EVs does not have a critical minerals requirement. But to qualify, the buyer needs an AGI below $75K for an individual or $150K for a couple. And the used EV must have a price of $25K or less.
I know more about this stuff than Politico.
It is not just Politico saying this. I have seen other news organizations saying pretty much the same thing. You sound like Flagpole when you say you know more than Politico.
Politico doesn't specialize in EVs. I've followed the EV tax credit a lot more closely than the political reporters there.
Obviously, I know more about this than they do. But if they took time to read the bill they would know I'm right. There is not one automotive expert anywhere who knows what the final DOE rules will be. Those rules haven't been written yet.
It is not just Politico saying this. I have seen other news organizations saying pretty much the same thing. You sound like Flagpole when you say you know more than Politico.
NY post said something very different from Politico.
NY post said most EVs won't qualify. Politico said no EVs would qualify.
Nobody actually knows for sure. I think NY post is closer to the truth, but we won't know until the DOE writes the rules and comes out with its list.
Eventually, automakers will build their EVs in such a way that they do qualify. That was the point of the criitcal minerals provision.
Do you finally agree that I know more than Politico?
And I just recognized that there is a mistake in the NY Post article too.
NY Post says:
For an EV buyer to qualify for the full credit, 40% of the metals used in a vehicle’s battery must come from North America.
But on page 386, the bill says critical minerals must come from the US or a nation with which we have a free trade agreement. That makes a big difference because it, for instance, allows automakers to source lithium from Australia and Chile.
Do you finally agree that I know more about this than Politico?
NY post said something very different from Politico.
NY post said most EVs won't qualify. Politico said no EVs would qualify.
Nobody actually knows for sure. I think NY post is closer to the truth, but we won't know until the DOE writes the rules and comes out with its list.
Eventually, automakers will build their EVs in such a way that they do qualify. That was the point of the criitcal minerals provision.
Do you finally agree that I know more than Politico?
Are you trying to be a comedian? You are saying 90% of cars sold in 2030 will have a plug. You really don't have much credibility at this time. You are like someoe who wants attention making outlandish claims. None of what you say has anying backing in fact. Fat Hurts - we want the truth here- not pie-in-the-sky crazy stuff that you hope happens. Enough with that crap.
Again, just speculating that most EVs will no longer qualify. It's probably true for 2023 but we will have to wait and see.
And I'm glad you brought this up because it shows that Biden is working to help the United States compete with China. China does not qualify as a free trade partner and they currently dominate the battery raw materials market.
Automakers will be forced to bypass China in the EV battery supply chain.
Good essay from actual conservative Tom Nichols. Explains trumpers. Yes, they are rubes.
Donald Trump is central to this fraying of public sanity, because he has done one thing for such people that no one else could do: He has made their lives interesting. He has made them feel important. He has taken their itching frustrations about the unfairness of life and created a morality play around them, and cast himself as the central character. Trump, to his supporters, is the avenging angel who is going to lay waste to the “elites,” the smarty-pantses and do-gooders, the godless and the smug, the satisfied and the comfortable. I spoke with one of the original Never Trumpers over the weekend, a man who has lost friends and family because of his opposition to Trump, and he told me that one of the most unsettling things to him is that these same pro-Trump family and friends now say that they believe that Trump broke the law—but that they don’t care. They see Trump and his crusade—their crusade against evil, the drama that gives their lives meaning—as more important than the law.
NY post said something very different from Politico.
NY post said most EVs won't qualify. Politico said no EVs would qualify.
Nobody actually knows for sure. I think NY post is closer to the truth, but we won't know until the DOE writes the rules and comes out with its list.
Eventually, automakers will build their EVs in such a way that they do qualify. That was the point of the criitcal minerals provision.
Do you finally agree that I know more than Politico?
Are you trying to be a comedian? You are saying 90% of cars sold in 2030 will have a plug. You really don't have much credibility at this time. You are like someoe who wants attention making outlandish claims. None of what you say has anying backing in fact. Fat Hurts - we want the truth here- not pie-in-the-sky crazy stuff that you hope happens. Enough with that crap.
If you think I'm wrong about these things then why did you tell us you bought Tesla stock based on my advice?
Also, in June I told everyone here to buy Tesla when it was trading around $650 per share. Now it's over $925. Not a bad return for 60 days.
He got the country to pull its head out of the sand and ADMIT there is a climate crisis and got the country to start doing something about it.
He brought honor and respect back to our country on the world stage. He isn't laughed at by world leaders like Trump was.
Saudi Arabia won't even answer Biden's phone calls asking for more oil. He falls asleep during meetings with heads-of-state. He is considered a joke everywhere.
Biden is way less embarrassing than Trump, at least to me. Trump is like a cartoon character. Biden is at least a normal politician.
Saudi Arabia won't even answer Biden's phone calls asking for more oil. He falls asleep during meetings with heads-of-state. He is considered a joke everywhere.
Biden is way less embarrassing than Trump, at least to me. Trump is like a cartoon character. Biden is at least a normal politician.
(Slightly fixed) objective fact that ~50% of America doesn't see or pretends not to see.
Clearly, we're not going to be anywhere near "Great" anytime soon.....
Brandon's killing it! He abandoned $86 billionof weapons & 800+ Americans. He also left 13 U.S. troops murdered.
One year ago today, Kabul fell to the Taliban.
Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal resulted in billions of dollars of equipment left behind, Americans abandoned behind enemy lines, and the tragic deaths of 13 servicemembers.
Saudi Arabia won't even answer Biden's phone calls asking for more oil. He falls asleep during meetings with heads-of-state. He is considered a joke everywhere.
Biden is way less embarrassing than Trump, at least to me. Trump is like a cartoon character. Biden is at least a normal politician.
LOLz!!!!!!! Biden wanders off aimlessly, forgets names, forgets places, forgets when he shakes hands, can't read a teleprompter and requires remedial note cards to get by. The entire world is laughing at this dementia patient masquerading as POTUS.
Meanwhile Biden is really killing it. Inflation is going down, thanks to Biden gas prices are going down, unemployment is at an all time low (recent grads are not going through the usual stress of not being able to find GOOD jobs), the stock market is going back up, first president to pass the long needed an infrastructure bill, first president to actually pass legislation to address the climate change emergency, he took on big pharma to lower drug prices, passed tax legislation to reduce the obscene economic inequality, took out the number 2 guy behind 9/11, after years of being in a terrible quagmire got us out of Afghanistan, brought us back to a leadership and respected position in the world, he is a world defender of democracy, and has brought ethics back to government.
Republicans will never give him credit but will democrats under 40 see the positives that he has done? Will he ever get credit?
THANK YOU BRANDON!
Inflation was flat for a month, and it has more to do with the economy being in recession than any great action taken by Biden.
This^ part of your post that I left is actually true, so good show for getting something right for once. The rest of what you wrote is either flat nonsense or biased spin.
1) Yes, inflation is flat (and falling), and it is because we are technically in a recession (I don't accept the NBER's definition which will tell us that we are NOT in a recession. I accept the MUCH BETTER 2 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth.).
2) The recession we are in (it is shallow and will be over by next quarter) is also the main reason that gas prices are falling like a rock. $2.99 gas is now had in Ohio in the capital city of Columbus.
3) HOUSING prices are falling and demand for them is much less due mainly to The Fed raising rates.
4) IF you accept that the change in inflation now is NOT due to anything Biden has done (you are correct there), then you also MUST accept that the LOW gas prices during Trump's second half of his presidency were due to the recession we had in 2021 AND the fact that the raging pandemic at the time killed demand at the pump.
Biden is way less embarrassing than Trump, at least to me. Trump is like a cartoon character. Biden is at least a normal politician.
LOLz!!!!!!! Biden wanders off aimlessly, forgets names, forgets places, forgets when he shakes hands, can't read a teleprompter and requires remedial note cards to get by. The entire world is laughing at this dementia patient masquerading as POTUS.
Honestly Gary I have no clue who is running the country, but at least it isn't Donald Trump. Joe is healthy enough to shake hands and smile for the cameras. Every now and then he wrecks on a bike but he maintains the ability to sign his name so it's fine.
This^ part of your post that I left is actually true, so good show for getting something right for once. The rest of what you wrote is either flat nonsense or biased spin.
1) Yes, inflation is flat (and falling), and it is because we are technically in a recession (I don't accept the NBER's definition which will tell us that we are NOT in a recession. I accept the MUCH BETTER 2 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth.).
2) The recession we are in (it is shallow and will be over by next quarter) is also the main reason that gas prices are falling like a rock. $2.99 gas is now had in Ohio in the capital city of Columbus.
3) HOUSING prices are falling and demand for them is much less due mainly to The Fed raising rates.
4) IF you accept that the change in inflation now is NOT due to anything Biden has done (you are correct there), then you also MUST accept that the LOW gas prices during Trump's second half of his presidency were due to the recession we had in 2021 AND the fact that the raging pandemic at the time killed demand at the pump.
Since you said the other stuff is nonsense, I thought I'd apprise you of some things that you evidently are not aware of. Start with consumer debt:
from MSN:
Consumer debt hits pre-pandemic high Consumers continue to take on more credit card debt as inflation hikes up their spending. Consumer revolving debt — which is mostly based on credit card balances — gained $14.8 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis in June. It’s now up to $1.125 trillion, taking it past its pre-pandemic high, according to the Fed’s G. 19 consumer credit report. For June, inflation rose 9.1% over the year (and 1.3% from May levels), which means consumers had to shell out more money to buy goods. In June, card balances rose a healthy 16% on an annualized basis, following May’s 7.8% (revised) gain and April’s robust 19.6% jump. Total consumer debt — which includes student and auto loans, as well as revolving debt — gained $40.1 billion to touch $4.627 trillion in June. That’s a 10.5% seasonally adjusted annualized increase.
A lot of people left the workforce permanently when COVID shutdowns hit. Unemployment is at record lows partly because fewer people are in the labor force.
Manufacturing:
Empire State Manufacturing Survey Came out on Monday. It dropped to levels only seen during recessions:
Stephen Rattner warned that the U.S. may be on track for a recession just as the race for 2024 kicks off, a conundrum he blames on 'poor economic policy' from President Biden.
LOLz!!!!!!! Biden wanders off aimlessly, forgets names, forgets places, forgets when he shakes hands, can't read a teleprompter and requires remedial note cards to get by. The entire world is laughing at this dementia patient masquerading as POTUS.
Honestly Gary I have no clue who is running the country, but at least it isn't Donald Trump. Joe is healthy enough to shake hands and smile for the cameras. Every now and then he wrecks on a bike but he maintains the ability to sign his name so it's fine.
That's alarming. Biden is clearly NOT running the country and for that reason alone, he must step down.
