Reply #14: Incentives aren't needed for cars with waiting lists to buy [View All]

[Psephos]

Prius is a hot seller. Why should other people (taxpayers) be making bonus payments to Prius buyers, when Prius buyers are going to buy those cars anyway? It's no longer an incentive, it's just a give-away, when the incentive doesn't alter behavior because the behavior's already been altered.

Furthermore, it's rather un-progressive, IMO, for us on the progressive end of the scale not to want those incentives directed to American cars, where union jobs are directly related to sales.

Prius is built in Japan.

Consider buying something assembled in America, and help keep a US autoworker employed. Tax credits in this case seem like a smart use of American money to benefit American workers.

Peace.