A new federal tax credit
By on Oct 11th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
A new federal tax credit
meant to help allay the extra costs of buying a hybrid car actually “provides greater financial incentives for buying heavy SUVs than more fuel-efficient cars.” (Via Sploid)
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this makes as much sense as drilling anew for oil when we’re trying to find better energy sources…
http://blogdebogs.blogspot.com/2005/10/slick-jebbie.html
October 11th, 2005 at 12:19 pmArgh. What IS this?? Can’t they at least do ONE thing right!? ONE! That’s all I ask. Some sort of competence… *sigh*
October 11th, 2005 at 12:39 pmIf you’re a shareholder or own loads of stock in Exxon/Mobil, GlaxoSmithKline, United Defense, MBNA or Bechtel/Parsons…….they’re doing everything right. In fact, marshall law and an extension of the Bush presidency would be a-ok by you.
October 11th, 2005 at 12:45 pm#2 – Au contraire, mon ami.
You think the corporate lobbyists who drafted the ENERGY Policy Act, you know, accidentally screwed this up… you think the pimps that write America’s laws are paid millions make “mistakes” like this…. you think the likes of Exxon want to incentivize you to use less gas… and you think the GOP and their mascot in the White House would have corrected this had they done the math…
You think?
October 11th, 2005 at 12:59 pmNot one bit surprising. At this point, anything coming from the GOP led government should be considered:
A) Cynical and short-sighted
October 11th, 2005 at 1:11 pmB) Self serving/enriching
C) Politically motivated
D) All of the above
Well, I was going to say something like
October 11th, 2005 at 1:16 pmwhat did you expect, but the rest of you
have covered it nicely.
Yes I have been duly chastised. And here I thought the government was supposed to be for the PEOPLE.
October 11th, 2005 at 1:28 pmBillionaires are people too :)
October 11th, 2005 at 1:48 pmWell, we are all thinking alike on this one.
October 11th, 2005 at 2:04 pmWhen the GOP is in power, do not, do not, do not look for anything that benefits the average persons, the taxes they pay or the environment.
#8 yeah, all 10 of them. What about the middle class? Where’s our representation?
October 11th, 2005 at 2:30 pmCADP #10,
The Republicans always tell Americans that their trickle down economics (i.e. tax cuts for the rich) create jobs by investing in capital. Obviously, it’s just one more lie that they have to tell in order to dupe the sheeple. When Bush 41 had the chance he shifted wealth upwards as well and we had an economy in the late 80’s early 90’s that was desperate as well. The current situation is going to get exponentially worse than that. How could it get better with fiscal policies that are in fact deisgned to ruin the middle class?
We have no representation except ourselves. The Senate and the House, for all intents and purposes represent big business and not “we the people”. It’s why so many of us are screaming for a change, for the Dems to sacrifice some of their own personal gain in the name of doing their f%&*^ng jobs and representing middle America.
Storm the castle! It’s our only hope….
October 11th, 2005 at 2:49 pmThe reality of “trickle down” is piss on ‘em.
October 11th, 2005 at 6:05 pmWe all know that Bushie wants us to be more dependant on oil than ever.
Everything Bushie does is about profit for him and his oil buddies.
October 11th, 2005 at 6:41 pm