Musk Relocates to Texas, Criticizes ‘Complacent’ California

By artappraiser on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 5:04am |

Musk Relocates to Texas, Criticizes ‘Complacent’ California. Welcome to Texas! https://t.co/Dw4v8APgie
— Clancco: Art & Law (@Clancco_ArtLaw) December 9, 2020

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-says-he-has-relocated-to-texas

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Ted Cruz:

Welcome to Texas! ⁦@elonmusk⁩

Texas loves jobs & we’re very glad to have you as a Texan. https://t.co/VDgTGJIF7Z
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 9, 2020

CNBC:

Elon Musk confirms, "Yes, I have moved to Texas"https://t.co/lk8Ikl3HuQ
— $TSQWK. (@TSQWK1) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 5:09am

Meanwhile AS A TEXAN is trending on Twitter. A few of the Elon Musk stories are scattered in there, but it's mainly people apologizing for the Supreme Court election lawsuit, and explaining that their attorney general who filed it, Ken Paxton, is under indictment for years for securities fraud. Some suggest, like this, that the election lawsuit is basically trying to get a pardon from Trump:

BREAKING: Ken Paxton, the TX AG that filed suit against GA, MI, PA, and WI has been indicted on felony securities fraud charges and is CURRENTLY under FBI investigation for abuse of political power.

This is not a lawsuit. This is a request for a pardon.

God Bless Texas, huh?
— Steve Hofstetter (@SteveHofstetter) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 5:16am

Meanwhile, a friend in CA was passing on a buddy's story of how poorly he was treated as a Tesla worker, promised benefits that never arrived, etc. I'm not quick to jump on these anecdotes, but this seemed legit. Maybe Cali's tired of Elon pushing the boundaries all these years.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 5:42am

Amber Heard also relocated to Elon Musk after beating up "complacent" Johnny Depp.

by Orion on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 5:41am

Uh, she's from Austin

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 5:43am

It was a joke. Sort of like this.

by Orion on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 4:59pm

No, you don't understand.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 5:14pm

he's like a vampire, lives on through the generations, indeed never gonna say goodbye

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 7:59pm

Imagine the lyrics as if they were the new United States national anthem:

We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

by Orion on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 8:25pm

busting some stereotypes about Texas v. California quality-of-life

Sales tax rate in Texas: 6.25%

Sales tax rate in California: 7.25%

Sales tax rate in Austin: 8.25%

Sales tax rate in San Francisco: 8.5%
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) December 13, 2020

California K-12 schools rank #37 in WalletHub's rankings and #37 in U.S. News.

Texas K-12 schools rank #28 in WalletHub and #33 in U.S. News.https://t.co/PyYTJL39Mv https://t.co/hkPoQI9s8A
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) December 13, 2020

In San Francisco, rent for the median 1BR apartment cost 43% of average salary in 2018.

In Austin, 28%.https://t.co/zwQQ9dP8Kk
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) December 13, 2020

and he retweeted this

Now do Prop 13 and how rich people that moved here in the 70s don’t have to contribute but Gen X and Gen Y has to pay orders of magnitude more. Oh and how CA property tax is 1.1% and Texas is 2-3%
— Kurt Overmeyer (@kto1243) December 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/12/2020 - 10:13pm

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