• bequirtle@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I don’t want my tax money incentivizing some rich asshole to buy an EV

    I mean… why not? I’d like if every rich guy had an EV instead of ICE. Less pollution is less pollution

    • innermachine@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      They have the money to buy an EV, rich people don’t need my tax money to subsidize their purchase. If the EV is that much less appealing than an ice car, then the EV is not ready for market yet! Subsidizing their purchase of a quasi luxury barge that happens to be electric is just giving money to the elite class on both ends at the expense of the proletariat. Encourage the production of affordable, cheap even EVs and infrastructure not 50k+ leather wrapped battery packs on tires lol

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        5 hours ago

        “rich people” in your mind is who, exactly? Here in Canada only cars below a certain MSRP qualify for subsidies, so “luxury barges” are not subsidized. Also, a $50K car is not luxury anymore, have you seen car prices recently? New ICE cars are expensive as hell too!