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Originally Posted by fishbones
This thread is about requiring certain MPG's for cars as of 2016. I made no mention of tax incentives.
But, since you brought it up, where does the money for the "tax incentives" for people who buy hybrids come from? Does the government sell cookies or magazines door to door? Or, do they set up a lemonade stand in front of the Capital building? I'd be curious to find out where all the "tax incentive" dough comes from.
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If you said nothing about tax incentives, then where does any of this come from?
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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Paying 25% less in fuel costs isn't an incentive?
A tax benefit provided by many states for people buying a hybrid is not an incentive?
Did the large increase in demand for hybrids coincidentally coincide exactly with a massive increase in gas prices, and then demand decrease as prices at the pump decreased?
Let's not forget that while we may not see $4 at the pump this summer, when inflation skyrockets over the next year or two and the price of oil climbs ridiculously again, $5/gallon will become a very real possibility.
Seems like you're the one that doesn't understand.
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Originally Posted by fishbones
Johnny, are you saying that the government should try to bully people into buying cars they don't want because of tax incentives? If the car companies made a car I liked in a hybrid, I'd consider it. But at this point, there isn't a hybrid that suits my wants/needs.
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My whole comment was in reply to a comment about there supposedly not being any incentives for American consumers to purchase the cars that will be coming out with higher MPG and about how if the MPG is increased by 25%, then the consumer incentive will be a savings of 25% at the pump. With regards to hybrids, there are tax benefits to the incentives.
So please explain how anything in my post about incentives implies some outlandish view about the government bullying consumers to buy cars they don't want. It's not like the government is saying "For every non-American car you buy, your income will be taxed at a higher bracket."
How exactly does increasing the mandated MPG to an amount agreed upon with the automotive industry constituted bullying?