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Tesla finds loophole to New Mexico’s dumb ban by launching on tribal land
Electrek ^
| 10 Sept 2021
| Fred Lambert
Posted on 09/10/2021 1:53:05 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Tesla has found a loophole to get around New Mexico’s ban on direct car sales by launching their first store and service center on tribal land.
This week, the automaker managed to open its first store and service center inside an old casino north of Santa Fe, and they did it by partnering with the first nation of Nambé Pueblo and opening the location on their tribal land:
(Excerpt) Read more at electrek.co ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: automotive; elonmusk; firstnations; name; pueblo; pueblos; tesla
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One dumb law on top of another dumb law, as far as you can see...
Any taxes paid on transactions in the "Sovereign Nation"?
Musk, you clever devil!
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posted on
09/10/2021 1:53:05 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Hmmm.
Honest Injun Motors.
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posted on
09/10/2021 1:55:34 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: DUMBGRUNT
All I will say about this is, even the feds are been stand offish from the tribal lands, except in 1968 going after Uranium. But I think this is clever of Elon
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posted on
09/10/2021 1:59:27 PM PDT
by
realcleanguy
(quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
To: billorites
Honest Injun Motors. Lol 🤣 - Post of the day !
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:02:08 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Stolen elections have consequences.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
If The Indians would only realize what they have they would be rich. Not just casino money either.
They are effectively THEIR OWN COUNTRY within our country.
But government handouts kept them poor.
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:04:20 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
To: DUMBGRUNT
They may sell a TON of cars - tax free- this way!!!
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:05:03 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
To: DUMBGRUNT
“Musk, you clever devil!”
“I read your book!!”
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:08:07 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Mr. K
Don’t you have to prove that you paid sales tax in order to get a state-issued license plate?
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:10:49 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(The very best scientific articles always contain this phrase: “My personal intuition has been…”)
To: Mr. K
If The Indians would only realize what they have they would be rich. Not just casino money either. The same doctors working in the city could work for a medical tourism resort on tribal lands.
To: DUMBGRUNT
But a Tesla...get scalped!
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:16:46 PM PDT
by
moovova
(Joe Biden...Making the Taliban great again!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Seriously...this tickles me.
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:17:34 PM PDT
by
moovova
(Joe Biden...Making the Taliban great again!)
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: T.B. Yoits
Yeah, but it would be seen (correctly) as an end-run around Obamacare - so Democrat operatives would scream bloody murder at their wholly-owned tribal token office-holders until they made it stop.
If tribal leaders ever stop being satisfied with Democrat handouts and decide to go their own way, it could result in an earthquake in American politics.
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:21:21 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: DUMBGRUNT
Cool those cars send out their own smokes signals from time to time
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:22:59 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:24:21 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Any taxes paid on transactions in the "Sovereign Nation"?There should be a NM tax due when you import and register the car for use in NM.
Competition sucks hey Government, LOL
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:39:59 PM PDT
by
Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
To: DUMBGRUNT
One dumb law on top of another dumb law, as far as you can see... The fact that states require car manufactures to sell through dealers makes no sense and stinks of corruption.
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:43:48 PM PDT
by
usurper
( version )
To: usurper
“The fact that states require car manufactures to sell through dealers makes no sense and stinks of corruption.”
Yep. Car dealer owners tend to be a conservative lot, so even Republicans when in power keep these laws protecting them from competition.
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posted on
09/10/2021 2:58:54 PM PDT
by
Renfrew
To: DUMBGRUNT
since these autos aren’t being sold in the U.S., then their owners shouldn’t be eligible for any state or federal kickbacks ...
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posted on
09/10/2021 3:24:33 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Mr. Jeeves
If Indians were perfectly logical, they would probably be more Libertarian than anything else.
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posted on
09/10/2021 3:35:33 PM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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