Not 501(3)(c).

There are other 501(c) organization types as well.

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Lately, that's a very very low bar.

I'm not arguing against your claim that it is a handout to the rich and that it leaves the rest of us to pay their taxes, but 501(3)(c) status does have its upside for society:

Many local help-the-poor charities are 501(3)(c) organizations. They run soup kitchens, literacy programs, and more. Many run on all-volunteer labor. If they had to pay taxes "like a business" they wouldn't be able to function. In the cases of charities that have significant expenses, such as renting space for a food pantry with refrigeration or hiring a full-time social worker (even at the skimpy pay social workers earn), the tax deduction for donors can mean the difference between operating and shutting down.

While some large national 501(3)(c) charities do pay their higher-ups sinfully-high wages or who may have "questionably sweet" deals with favored vendors, there are those that operate efficiently, directing a very high percentage of incoming money directly to those who need it.

If you are advocating for reform of the 501(3)(c) charity system, please don't throw out the good with the bad.

I'd settle for an e-motor with a gas- or deisel-fueled generator that produced enough electricity to keep the battery charge level under normal use.

Hopefully within 10 years we will have enough electric-car infrastructure along our major highways that "range anxiety" won't be a problem for anyone who does all of their non-city driving on or close to a major highway. You will still need non-electric options for people who travel long distances away from the infrastructure though.

DUCK!

after all, it is sentient.

Note: The song is a bit dated, if you don't remember/didn't study the Cold War you may not get all the references.

At least that's what they taught me in college.

:)

The base-model 2024 Prime comes with things I don't need, like "infotainment system, a heated steering wheel, blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, lane centering, and automatic high-beam headlights". Those contribute to the $34K base price.

Oh, car and driver also pointed out a "low" that wouldn't exist in a simpler car: "overcomplicated gauge-cluster design."

But yeah, something like a cross between this basic electric truck and the Toyota Prius Prime, with a price no higher than ($34K + $20K)/2 might be what a want.

Earthworms are useful and helpful to the soil, but they also get no "moral consideration" from me in the way pets, cute baby mammals, and farm animals do. I'll think nothing of killing them on sight if they are in my way or of putting a fishhook through them without anesthetic.

So, should we give AI the same moral consideration as we do animals? If the animals are earthworms, I'll say yes.

I will concede that AIs are more useful that cockroaches, at least in my home.

I said "plug in capability" I meant "plug in AND hybrid capability."

My "ideal" cheap car would be a plug-in hybrid with a sedan or similar form factor. I don't need or want an SUV or truck.

I need the "hybrid" for long trips without charging stations, but I also want to be able to plug it in to use less fossil fuel.

BTW I love the "no infotainment center" and manual control buttons (that said, a simple old-school AM/FM radio would be a nice option).

Of course it needs to be safe. Not "never gonna get injured in it" safe, but about as safe as the average sedan sold in America in the last 10-15 years or so.

I'm assuming the subsidies will be gone in a few years, so how low can you price my "ideal car" without subsidies?

should make for some interesting reading.

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I'm glad to be wrong. I think.

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* When CowboyNeal declares it to be so
* I *AM* AGI, you insensitive clod!