Stimulus to Encourage SUV Purchases?

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 12:13 pm

No details on this yet, but the stimulus summary floating around Washington includes the following:

Provides incentives to buy new cars, including light trucks and SUVs, with a tax deduction for State and local sales taxes paid on the purchase.

At least congressional staffers knew better than to put it under the section of green-energy provisions claiming “to reduce our dependence on foreign oil tomorrow.”

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Colin Waters
Comment posted February 12, 2009 @ 11:19 am

Are you serious? That is completely the opposite as to what should be happening. In know ways does this contribute to anything green.


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