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19. If you want to get depressed about it, read up on the invention of intermittent windshield wipers

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #18)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 10:34 PM

Jun 2020

Genius invention, every driver who's ever been in the rain loves it. But how to make money off it? You can't without agreement from the car makers who control the only platform where it has value.

They used his invention and it helped sell millions of cars and he couldn't get paid for over a decade. And this engineering genius had to spend his time as an amateur litigator to get what he got.

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The Rich Have Stopped Spending And That Has Tanked The Economy [View all] IronLionZion Jun 2020 OP

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this is why giving money to the poor is far better at stimulating the economy unblock Jun 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Ilsa Jun 2020 #10

The correct term is not "giving more money to the poor". Blue_true Jun 2020 #15

Agreed, my shorthand was sloppy unblock Jun 2020 #16

Agree with all, in particular the last sentence. Blue_true Jun 2020 #18

If you want to get depressed about it, read up on the invention of intermittent windshield wipers unblock Jun 2020 #19

I'm not spending much at all. House of Roberts Jun 2020 #11

Higher taxes on the wealthy. roamer65 Jun 2020 #17

I Am Not Buying This Talking Point erpowers Jun 2020 #20

That is the point IronLionZion Jun 2020 #21