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[–] [email protected] 33 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Wait what

How the fuck are you gonna force me to buy a Tesla

[–] Imgonnatrythis 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Haven't you seen all those cops outside the Tesla shops recently?

[–] Justas 1 points 5 hours ago

I think that even if I wanted to buy anything from Tesla, I would turn around if I saw a bunch of cops outside of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, but they're really going to have a tough time getting me to put in any financial information if they do arrest my ass and bring me to the Tesla dealership

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Especially since no one can afford them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

What part about 0% APR don't you understand? /s

[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Establish a federal Bitcoin reserve with tax money.

Have Elon only accept Bitcoin for payments from the government.

Give Tesla another federal contract for billions.

Buy more Bitcoin to replenish it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand how that forces me to buy a Tesla

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Do you pay taxes? Do the price of your goods rise because corporations pay taxes?

When the government does something, it was a collective pool of resources that paid for it. When the government buys anything your productivity contributed to the purchase. Everyone's did.

Are taxes optional (for the working class)?

This is pretty basic stuff fellas.

[–] Corkyskog 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't step one or two to implement arbitrary tariffs to fund the reserve?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Tariff money is tax money, it's the same step.