Exactly!  Don't be jealous of others' success, be happy for them and appreciate what they bring to the table.  In this case, lots and lots of jobs, and the taxes paid by the people in those jobs!   I've heard this analogy before.   A class takes a test and Mr. Smart Guy gets 100%.  Great, he put in the extra effort, worked the extra problems and did well. Johnny, who didn't study much and went out with his buddies the night before, ended up with a 50%, an F.  Now, in order to make sure everyone passes, the teacher decided to give Johnny 10% of Mr. Smart Guy's score.  Johnny then has a passing grade.  Mr. Smart Guy still gets and A, so that should be fine with him, right.  His GPA won't look any different.   Guess what's going to happen on the next test?  Mr. Smart Guy is going to say "F it!" and not study.  Let somebody else do the work and get the points that I can share in.   This is my alternate scenario.  Mr. Smart Guy gets 100%, Johnny fails with a 50%, and poor Jane gets a 50% as well.  Jane worked her tail off and did the best she could, but she was sick.  She couldn't focus, and just didn't have the energy to keep going.  The teacher says "you can give as many points as you want to anybody."  So, Mr. Smart Guy gives Jane 10%.  It brings her up a level, and keeps her from needing to retake the course.  She goes on to Excel and repays the favor 10x over.  

What is happening in California is not an income tax. It is called a wealth tax but what it really is simply wealth confiscation (theft). Entrepreneurs that become fabulously wealthy by building amazing companies are not stealing from you or anyone else. They are creating new wealth, making the economic pie bigger, and creating hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs. We need a lot more of these amazing people.   You are fixated on how unfair it is and believe these billionaires are the source of your woes. I don't know what to tell you other than to go out there, work your tail off and build an amazing company like most of these billionaires did. But be forewarned, these guys work 24/7, are incredibly driven, skipped having traditional personal lives and have no work-life balance. Very few people are willing to do that. 

I think that's the main thing.  Lincoln can't be happy with keeping their current customers, they need to expand to bring in more, new customers to the brand.

I used Google Gemini. It’s good at understanding what you want out of an image. You should try it out!   Personally I can see the appeal in a Lincoln with more ruggedness (durability) inside and out. Especially for travelers who frequent lakes, beaches, mountains, etc.    Vehicle like the new GX can sell on looks alone but the idea of capability/prowess compared to a unibody crossover attracts people as well 

I don't know why so many believe that taxing billionaires will hurt them. This isn't a fair fight anymore. Corporations are writing governement policy, and carving out exemptions and Pushing privatiztion of  There are only 3,000 billionaires in the world, 1,135 in the US.  %0.000036 of the World population  %.00037 of the US population   Collectively, the wealthiest 1% held about $55 trillion in assets in the third quarter of 2025 — roughly equal to the wealth held by the bottom 90% of Americans combined. Taxes on billionaires will never impact you because you will never be a billionaire.  History has shown this level of inequality, and "Wealth Hording" resolves itself through reforms or revolution.  This isn't Sustainable    

That Fairmont steering wheel is luxurious compared to the 1982 Ford Escort I started out with but I can't find a picture of it.  Just a slab of cheaply molded black plastic.

Yeah, I knew the minivans are on a more stretched out timeline.....didn't realize the Odyssey was that old for the origins of this generation.   Looks like the previous gen Sienna went 10 years between redesigns.

Hmmm.....interesting.  Might have to try it at some point.     Well, we have to assume they're doing that type of thing.   I also don't expect it to be some hard-core offroad machine.  More like the models we've been discussing - Defender, Range Rover, G-class, GX, etc - where they're definitely capable off road, but we all know they'll be driven on-road, and have a smooth drive there too.   I also think at some point that Lincoln needs to push a bit outside of "Lincoln customers" and actually work to grow the brand.  I'm not saying to scrap what they have and start over, but they can push the envelope a bit to expand their customer base beyond what they have now.

As I think about this, I started thinking about Lincoln's clientelle. Are off-road chops something the average Lincoln buyer wants? I get wanting to go up against Range Rover and the G-Wagon for sure. There's buyers there to be poached. But... I'm thinking the right approach is to borrow the process that developed the Bronco itself. Start with the competing vehicle owners. Ask what they do and don't like about their vehicles. Any must haves or must dos? Any cardinal sins from the other brands that could be fixed on the Lincoln Logger (no, let's not call it that) before it goes into production?

Yep...Ford did not know where to position the divisions...Should've been Ford, Mercury, Edsel, Lincoln, Continental....but they kept jockeying for position in the pricing...