"Supply-side economics" worked exactly as intended: it made a few people wealthy and crippled the regulatory power of the State. That's all it ever did. Some "true-believer" economics at the Chicago school thought it was real, but the people in power used them too.

Both SpaceX and Tesla survived on public government money. It's corporate welfare.

The modern oligarchs don't sell stock. That would be subject to laws and taxes. They just borrow against it with no restrictions at all.

I could buy that argument if there was anything about this IPO that included a single path of accountability for his outrageous claims. Public shares have zero voting control that matters. All parties have agreed to mandatory private arbitration that elimanates class action suits. He gets all the benefits of public capital with zero public control.

It's self-delusion, narcacissim, and greed.

The key problems are: (a) he will pay zero taxes on any lf it, (b) he is being giving voting control including stock he can't even sell, and (c) there will be no estate tax to ever balance private capital for the next generation.

Given Elon's constant lying and self-delusion, I wouldn't take a lot of comfort from his perspective.

This article read like a PR flack piece paid for by Blind.

It's not inflation that becomes "entrenched". It's expectations of inflation which is what really hurt in the 70s.

> What exactly is wrong with AI always giving the same answer? It's a tool not an emotion machine. LLMs are not deterministic. The randomness gives the illusion of creativity.

Well, it is common knowledge Brin moved to the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe so he can claim Nevada residency. He made sure he changed residency on December 31. One day before the billionaire tax would take effect. But it is also reported by the New York Times.

The MAGA faithful want "free speech" to listen to lies all day long, and censorship of all reporting, science, and facts since none of those things support their delusions. "Alternative facts" is all TRUMP knows.

Sounds like a president.

Come up for air. You have wallowing in the Stupid-o-sphere too long... Renne Goode is dead, murdered by Trump's facist Oath Keeper fanbois. 9/11 was not an inside job. Trust no one = believes all the dumb things.

Get back to us when you can say "My whole department switched to AI a year ago, and ..."