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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe
It's not that outdated and it's not a fairy tale... the numbers are certainly somewhat different by now, but the overall picture is still a nasty portrayal of one of the things that gubmint does that has a whole host of unintended consequences.
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It purports to be a criticism of government support for EVs, but it includes every kind of government support for
every kind of car. A useful and truthful report would have compared subsidies for IC cars with subsidies for EV cars.
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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe
Just so you understand... smart economic thinking is that the gubmint subsidizing stuff like this is not what gubmint should be doing.
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Whether the government should be offering subsidies is a different conversation. The fact is, the subsidies ARE offered. Do you expect me to believe if you got $7500 tax credit on a new Mercedes you would turn it down on the principle that the government shouldn't offer it? Smart economic thinking is taking advantage of opportunities that are presented to you.