less than 20 miles from work, gps has it at 18.8 miles. 82.3 miles for a doughnut stop and the car on a full charge against only 25 miles. mind you, that car lists for $46,500. loaded with taxpayer subsidies and offered with a taxpayer bailout, you guys. you tailgate! [ laughter ] you re one of those tailgaters! i literally videotaped that in the tunnel. a little background, first day through, into the tunnel, it switched over from electric to gas. i said, no way. i fully charged it again, same thing happened and i videotaped it the second time around. juan, 25 miles to a full charge, 46,500 bucks, and billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, loans to the company. yeah. he s like yeah. time to pull the plug on the volt? i ve gotten terrible publicity, including that bit
less than 20 miles from work, gps has it at 18.8 miles. 82.3 miles for a doughnut stop and the car on a full charge against only 25 miles. mind you, that car lists for $46,500. loaded with taxpayer subsidies and offered with a taxpayer bailout, you guys. you tailgate! [ laughter ] you re one of those tailgaters! i literally videotaped that in the tunnel. a little background, first day through, into the tunnel, it switched over from electric to gas. i said, no way. i fully charged it again, same thing happened and i videotaped it the second time around. juan, 25 miles to a full charge, 46,500 bucks, and billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, loans to the company. yeah. he s like yeah. time to pull the plug on the volt? i ve gotten terrible
it was ronald reagan. during the 1980s when that comment was made, president reagan believed that government and regulation were a hindrance to economic success. sounds familiar, doesn t it? and so he set about reducing taxes, deregulating the economy and privatizing government services. and it s now possible to look back and assess the effect of president reagan s policies. so here are the cold facts. between 1955 and 1970 the top marginal tax rate was a whopping 82.3%. between 1981 to 2010, this had come down to 39.3%. so if the orthodoxy is to be believed, growth must have gone up, right? not quite. between 1955 and 1970 it was 3.6%. but between 1981 and 2010 gdp had actually fallen to 2.8%.