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necessary for what?
necessary for what, motherfucker?
Protectionism. Musk stands to gain a ton if there's less competition from imported EVs, and that's true for a lot of other products that American companies make. If you can just throw a few million at a presidential campaign and essentially guarantee your competitors will have a 10-60% disadvantage, those few millions can turn into billions in profit.
On paper, the goal seems to be to spur companies to return to the US, but I think the net impact will be higher prices for Americans and reduced trade w/ other countries due to retaliatory tariffs.
Your comment has the same energy as "states' rights to do what?", and I'm here for it.
If I wasn't at work I'd edit the goose meme to match.
I love that meme
https://i.imgflip.com/98hgjg.jpg
You get me.
For a complete fascist takeover.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism
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