I fear it's even worse than we think: Tesla will be the least affected by the auto and steel tariffs. According to Deutch Bank compared to its legacy peers Ford, General Motors and Chevrolet, and Jeep parent Stellantis, Tesla is “best off” from Trump’s new trade directives.
Tesla: America’s electric messiah, “Made in China,” and taxed like a lemonade stand. Let’s take this polished pile of financial gymnastics and highlight the absurdity with all the reverence it deserves:
1. Tesla pays more taxes to China than to the U.S.—because China believes in capitalism with receipts.
$323 million a year to China. Zero to Uncle Sam. Apparently, authoritarian regimes believe in corporate tax accountability more than the so-called land of democratic capitalism.
2. U.S. tax law: where billion-dollar companies legally pay nothing and call it innovation.
Tesla earned over $10.8 billion in U.S. income across three years—and paid $48 million total. That’s a 0.4% effective tax rate. Your barista probably paid more, percentage-wise, to fund national defense.
3. Why does Tesla still produce in China? Because the US gave them a welcome mat. China gave them a manuf. empire.
Subsidies, supply chains, and a labor that won’t unionize over lunch breaks. Bonus: they get to export American brand identity while paying Chinese taxes. It’s the globalization jackpot
4. In the U.S., Tesla gets tax breaks for being Tesla.
Thanks to accelerated depreciation, stock-based compensation, and clean energy credits, Tesla makes billions and gets a pat on the back from the IRS for helping save the planet—while paying less than the average Taco Bell franchise
5. The absurdity: US lawmakers rage-tweet about “China stealing American jobs,” while writing tax codes that bribe companies to offshore production.
It's like setting your house on fire and blaming the neighbor for selling fire extinguishers.
Since a lot of Teslas car parts or components are made abroad even though he has a few assembly plants here in the US, will his items be part of the tariff?
There’s never an explanation, they just do it and get away with it, add that to the tax dollars he receives from us, and now all the money he’s stealing from us with DOGE..this is what 400 million will buy..3mil.to fly him to Wis. to steal an election,yep this where we are
Capitalism owns this country and this is what they want. As a formerly free nation, we don't like this. They tell us of GOOD Presidents - Reagan, Bush, Stinky who enter, break stuff, steal $$$ and leave. Dems enter, fix it, replace $$, but per the same media, DEMS suck! We need a new Stinky. CYCLE
Easy to explain.
Step 1 - Initiate tariffs.
2 - Bring industry back to USA & pay zero taxes.
3 - Obliterate OSHA and EPA so you can lower costs by eliminating worker protections.
4 - Fire government workers to build a desperate workforce to provide slave labor to build gov-funded rockets.
guess more tax loopholes in us tax code which enable someone like him to evade. using offshore entities in bermuda, cayman island, and etc to book profit, and usa enties to record costs and losses. you see why doge tried to hit irs hard with a goal to get rid of tax audit.
Walmart provides all of their employees in Europe with 4-weeks to 8-weeks of PTO and they are still the most profitable retailer in the world. But in the U.S., they spend hundreds of millions fighting PTO and healthcare. Explain that.
Ok, so clearly they make more money fighting people's right to happy and healthy lives, but if they'd just give American workers the same, people would cheer for them.
China makes him pay taxes
In America he destroys our government and takes money from the taxes we pay in low interest loans and contracts
This is probably the only time I will ever say this
But in this case, we should be like China
Class warfare. Open now. Some people still don’t get it. Even when an unelected billionaire is going through their government underwear drawer without any legal standing.
THey were likely given a sweetheart deal when they acquired the Fremont factory, formerly owned by Toyota/GM joint venture. "Open a factory here and you will get a tax break for N years ... "
Pls keep it going! Let's bury the Nazi Muskrat. In addition to Tesla, he also own SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), the Boring Company, Neuralink, xAI, and Starlink
China is run by people who actually know what they are doing vs America bought and sold by vicious, arrogant, smug, vile, stomach turning sociopathic dirtbags who crawled out of the bowels of hell?
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$323 million a year to China. Zero to Uncle Sam. Apparently, authoritarian regimes believe in corporate tax accountability more than the so-called land of democratic capitalism.
Tesla earned over $10.8 billion in U.S. income across three years—and paid $48 million total. That’s a 0.4% effective tax rate. Your barista probably paid more, percentage-wise, to fund national defense.
Subsidies, supply chains, and a labor that won’t unionize over lunch breaks. Bonus: they get to export American brand identity while paying Chinese taxes. It’s the globalization jackpot
Thanks to accelerated depreciation, stock-based compensation, and clean energy credits, Tesla makes billions and gets a pat on the back from the IRS for helping save the planet—while paying less than the average Taco Bell franchise
It's like setting your house on fire and blaming the neighbor for selling fire extinguishers.
factor in how much Musk pays Trump and the GOP directly and indirectly.
Or some shit like that. 🤬
#NeverEndingGrift
Could be a business model for any state claiming to be democratic worldwide...
Every Capitol, every county seat, every City Hall
April 5
https://handsoff2025.com
They don’t give a f*ck how much money you got asshole!
Step 1 - Initiate tariffs.
2 - Bring industry back to USA & pay zero taxes.
3 - Obliterate OSHA and EPA so you can lower costs by eliminating worker protections.
4 - Fire government workers to build a desperate workforce to provide slave labor to build gov-funded rockets.
US government does nothing.
sickening.
In THEIR pockets.
Term limits
We should use their exact words about billionaires not paying taxes and offering lousy wages and benefits.
Unlike America
Baffling to choose to be nasty.
In America he destroys our government and takes money from the taxes we pay in low interest loans and contracts
This is probably the only time I will ever say this
But in this case, we should be like China
AKA Elon Musk!
Save America 🇺🇸
Pls keep it going! Let's bury the Nazi Muskrat. In addition to Tesla, he also own SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), the Boring Company, Neuralink, xAI, and Starlink
Let's tank the Muttha Fawwker! 💪
Let’s just say, what’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong!