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CDC data are disappearing

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749 points doener | 6 comments | 01 Feb 25 11:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source | bottom
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CalRobert ◴[01 Feb 25 13:33 UTC] No.42898165[source]▶
This is part of a broader rolling catastrophe. Musk is evidently seizing control of the Office of Personnel Management

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-31/exclus...

Nasa took down their applied sciences page and is evidently scrubbing the data

https://www.reddit.com/r/gis/comments/1icqchv/why_is_the_nas...

(https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/)

Lots of other data sets are disappearing too:

https://mashable.com/article/government-datasets-disappear-s...

There is active discussion of this at https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/

as well as at https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/

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hypeatei ◴[01 Feb 25 14:10 UTC] No.42898383[source]▶
I would just like to point out that Musk is the richest man in the world and is now directing critical areas of the U.S. government. Surely he doesn't have ulterior motives and is looking out for the average person?
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duxup ◴[01 Feb 25 14:20 UTC] No.42898466[source]▶
As far as things like ending EV tax credits musk noted it would hurt his competitors more than him.

It’s all obvious corruption.

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pclmulqdq ◴[01 Feb 25 15:28 UTC] No.42899058[source]▶
EV tax credits under the previous administration applied to almost every EV that wasn't a Tesla. They got Tesla its start, though, so the ladder must be pulled up.

Of course, carbon offsets are still a huge cash cow for Tesla, so Musk won't be eager to touch those.

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1. duxup ◴[01 Feb 25 15:40 UTC] No.42899171[source]▶
> applied to almost every EV that wasn't a Tesla

And Tesla?

https://www.tesla.com/IRA

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2. bdcravens ◴[01 Feb 25 16:14 UTC] No.42899461[source]▶
The tax credits were eventually reapplied to Tesla with the changes starting in 2023, but for a while, Tesla had crossed the sales limit so that the credit wasn't available.
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3. evanelias ◴[01 Feb 25 16:35 UTC] No.42899626[source]▶
It's worth mentioning that situation wasn't unique to Tesla, as GM also crossed the sales limit and had no credit available before 2023.
4. craftsman ◴[01 Feb 25 21:31 UTC] No.42902565[source]▶
The phaseout based on units sold was in place as far back as 2018 since Tesla reached it in July 2018 and GM in November 2018. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (effective August 2022, not 2023) reinstated Tesla's eligibility and disqualified a number of other EVs.
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5. evanelias ◴[01 Feb 25 22:36 UTC] No.42903159{3}[source]▶
Although the Inflation Reduction Act became effective in August 2022, no EV tax credit was available for new Tesla or GM EVs purchased in 2022, regardless of month. The units-sold threshold phaseout was only lifted for purchases made after 2022.

Source: personal experience, as well as https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/manufacturers-and-mod...

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6. craftsman ◴[02 Feb 25 07:50 UTC] No.42906949{4}[source]▶
You're right, thank you for the fix. My apologies.