Posted on 08/08/2017 2:18:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Those of you driving a Prius, those of you who have ordered a Tesla, those of you who think that you are saving the planet before it climate change or other horrible acts of nature because you are purchasing an electric car, which means that you are engaging in sustainable, renewable energy, this story is for you. It’s from the U.K. Daily Mail. Now, we’re gonna link to this story at RushLimbaugh.com, and I want those of you out there to pass this story on to everybody you know that drives an electric car or a hybrid.
I don’t care if a Prius or if it’s a Tesla. Even if they’ve ordered one and don’t yet have possession of it. Here’s the headline of the story: “Child Miners Aged Four Living a Hell on Earth So That You Can Drive an Electric Car: Awful Human Cost in Squalid Congo Cobalt Mine that Michael Gove Didn’t Consider in His ‘Clean’ Energy Crusade. Sky News investigated the Katanga mines and found Dorsen, 8, and Monica, 4″ — eight and four! — that “were working in the vast mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They are two of the 40,000 children working daily in the mines, checking rocks for cobalt,” the “tell-tale chocolate-brown streaks of cobalt — the prized ingredient essential for the batteries that power electric cars.” Now, we hear all the horror stories of the cheap labor and the inhuman conditions on the iPhone assembly lines in China and routinely the Drive-By Media tries to guilt iPhone buyers and Apple into changing this. “This is inhumane what’s necessary for you selfish people to have your precious iPhone!”
Well, look at this: 40,000 kids mining rocks looking for cobalt because it’s an essential ingredient in batteries that are used to power electric cars. You people that I’ve asked to copy this link when you see it at RushLimbaugh.com and send it to all your friends that drive electric cars? I want you to do something else. Send it on to all the leftist media that you know. Send it to the websites. Send it to CNN. Send it New York Times. See if anybody will dare even cover this.
As I say, the story is in the U.K. Daily Mail, and it has pictures of the two kids — one eight, one four — who are being slapped and physically abused by foremen. And, by the way, these are Africans. These are black people. These are minorities in America being forced at age four to mine cobalt and being physically abused if they slack off or don’t find enough during the busywork day. Young children working in Congo mines in horrific conditions, all for “sustainability,” all for clean, renewable energy — which also is a crock.
I agree with your take on the topic in your last line.
I’m a gadget freak, and have always been. This was just an exotic gadget. I know that, but hey it’s been fun.
I believe it's the close association they have with environmentalism and Climate Change, et al. That, along with the associated liberal smugness that can often be found in the same vicinity, and there you go.
They would all go out of business without taxpayer subsidies. Musk is the reincarnation of P.T. Barnum and has made himself rich by feeding off the rest of us.
Taxpayers helped you buy that vehicle and it wasn’t voluntarily.
I’m not sure that I used any rebates on the purchase, but thanks for knowing I did.
Taxpayers may have helped you pay for your home.
Taxpayers may have helped you raise your children.
Whatever deductions you took advantage of were something that was set up so you could take advantage of it.
Why are some deductions okay, and others not?
It has been my take that Conservatives are always happy to use whatever means they can to reduce their tax exposure.
Now on this vehicle, you’re against it.
Okay, then I should be against your home mortgage and other property interest deductions. I guess I should also be against any deductions for yourself or your wife and any children you have.
Since you now don’t believe in tax deductions where offered, you should live up to your words on the subject.
Deductions are now evil according to you.
Somehow I doubt you’re going to take a pass on any that are legitimate.
I reduced my tax exposure in 2006 by $1,950.00. Would love to do it again.
“I assume that the $116 is a typo!”
California has set up rate schedules that determines the electricity a household should use. When I lived in California in Bakersfield, a hot region, I tried very hard to keep usage to a minimum but was still charged .46 cents / kwh for most of the usage.
Where I am going with this is in California charging a car at home will definitely push the home owner into the higher rates, probably more that .46 / kwh now. Otherwise factor kn also buying a solar installation.
Bakersfield has an electric vehicle plan at 22 cents per kwh.
Yep.
I have a higher amp service in my home (the previous owner had a welding hook up in the garage). I pay more than my neighbor if I exceed a set amount.
If you have a charging station, the electric company will talk to you about changing the rates.
If all electricity was produced by fossil fuels this would be a true statement. It's not.
Now, now... a deduction is not the same thing as a subsidy. A deduction lets one keep more of one’s own money. A subsidy takes from one taxpayer and gives to some other person.
As a matter of fact, taxpayers did not help me raise our children. We taught them at home. The taxes we paid for government schools went to mis-educate other people’s kids.
BTW, libertarian economist Milton Friedman was criticized for using taxpayer funded college loans. As he said, he opposed such programs, but he would be a fool not to take advantage of them. We all do it, which pretty much explains why the US is in so much debt.
LMAO
Really really lame...
Any deduction leaves less money in the tax collections pool.
Thus renters get more of the tax burden because homeowners aren’t paying their fair share.
I don’t agree with this, but it seems to be your logic on display.
Any time I hear the word “fair”, I know to hang onto my wallet.
I agree, but that doesn’t nullify the point.
If we’re going to complain about deductions, then lets do away with all of them.
But at least they're are saving the Polar Bears.....
If the mine didn't exist, they would be mining in a field of trash, looking for food. I think, it makes life better to have options. When your only option is to dig in a pile of trash, then you really have no choice. But when you can choose between digging in trash or digging for cobalt, then you are given a choice. I don't care how old the kids are. If they want to dig, let them dig. Keep in mind, they will dig with or without your permission! The only difference is digging for cobalt is a better job than digging for trash.
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