my grandfather worked a lowly factory job and supported a stay-at-home wife & family, paid for a house, & had a new car every 3 or 4 years - my father did the sameThese employees get paid money.
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BTW 2-stroke engine kits as stock with the manual clutches are illegal in CA.. they need to be automatics..
those things the wealthy start up are cash cows that provide nothing like anything that could be called a job, since they fail to give employees any amount that could be considered a living wage as we had in the past
manual transmissions are not mentioned at all in CA law - only certain automatics are subject to fees & licensing - look at dmv reg230
oh, investing isn't taxed under that system as it isn't 'spending'