SaThomas

Taxing non-income-producing property is wrong. Homeowners should not be forced to work to pay "rent" to the government for the privilege of living in their own homes. Property taxes should only be levied on income-producing property, as the income provides a means to pay the tax.

I don't think the new more affordable Tesla model is going to be a lower-price Model Y trim. Tesla said multiple times in past they will release new "models" and not new "trims". A good example of this is the new Model Y L (long) shown in China. This is not a new trim. It's clearly a new model with longer wheelbase and longer body to accommodate 6 seats. While it looks like a Model Y in many ways (thus keeping the Model Y in the Model Y L name) there are enough differences where it's a new model. Also it appears the Model Y L will more more expensive than the Model Y, so this isn't the new affordable model. I think similarly it's likely that the new affordable model is a slightly smaller Model Y. Shorter wheelbase, shorter body, and less built-in options. Basically a smaller, more affordable Model Y. But there will be lots of changes due to the wheelbase and car being shorter. Yet it will still look like the Model Y, so perhaps the car will be called something similar to the Model Y (ie., Model Y S). I am just speculating here. Another reason why I think this to be case is that Tesla in the past has said that the new models will help them utilitize and maximize current manufacturing lines (vs building new ones). This can be accomplished with the Model Y L and Model Y S because most of the parts are the same, yet they are different models due to length/size differences. Further, Tesla knows that just a cheaper "trim" of the Model Y is not sufficient to drive significant increase of manufacturing volume to fully utilize their existing manufacturing lines. They've had cheaper trims of their current cars in the past and they understand the impact to demand/volume. A new slightly that's slightly less expensive is not going to move the needle like Tesla has forecasted with the new affordable model(s). What will drive volume (manufacturing and sales) is a substantially cheaper model... in other words, a Model Y S that is basically a stripped down Model Y but is shorter as well. This will be Tesla's most affordable vehicle by far. And it will likely not cannabalize or take too many sales from the existing Model Y because the Model Y will be slightly larger and overall a much better car. But make no mistake, the Model Y S will be a great car. Tesla doesn't make any cars that aren't great. It will drive great, and be an amazing car for the price. How much will it cost? My guess is $35-40k. Alright, all of this is speculation on my part, and I can (and might) be wrong. And that's fine. Nobody really knows what's going on except those inside Tesla. So we'll have to wait and see until Tesla reveals their new more affordable car in Q4. Will it be a new affordable model like the Model Y S? Or will it be just a cheaper trim of the existing Model Y? What's your take?

Switch to a Bitcoin standard. Think of your net worth entirely in Bitcoin terms. Everything will get cheaper over time. Real estate will look like a bad investment. You won't be inclined to trade.

There is a total of one million coins to be mined EVER. and there is one million coins / year of demand from ETFs and MSTR / year at these prices. The supply demand equation is insane.