Reply #17: View it as a reward for being a better world citizen then. [View All]

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> ... the incentive doesn't alter behavior because the behavior's
> already been altered.

So, you think that given the choice between a standard $XXXXX piece of
crap and a slightly more expensive hybrid, people will *always* go for
the hybrid? If not then the tax credit is a worthy incentive.

> 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.

Why should "progressive" people encourage the destruction of the planet?
Why should "progressive" people encourage corruption in government?
Why should "progressive" people be expected to cut out half their
brain and act like the "un-progressive"?

> 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.

Ever thought that this is why the US manufacturers are in the shit now?
If they weren't getting handouts, bribes and illegal trading laws bent
in their favour for years then they might have got off their arses and
kept up with the competition.

(BTW: I know full well that most of the money didn't make it down to
the shop floor but that is a completely different argument.)