Let's
make Congress Act: Toyota
hybrid tax credits are already expired. Honda's hybrid tax
credits are expiring. Foreign oil
dependency, global warming - our generation's revolution?
And how about a plug-in hybrid tax deduction?
Why is there an unlimited $25,000.00
Small Business Tax Deduction for Gas Guzzlers, but not for hybrid cars?
Let's make Congress Act
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Why
are we giving huge tax deductions to small business owners
whom buy vehicles that cause the most pollution and offer the
worst gas mileage?
Why
do we reward American automakers for
continued complacency and incompetence?
Sure, Congress offers tax credits for hybrid
cars, but they
are capped. Yet there is no cap on how many extreme gas-guzzlers can receive
a $25,000.00 tax deduction.
Why
are the caps on hybrid cars limited by manufacturer, which
means that some manufacturers, such as GM, can essentially sit on their
credits for a couple of years? Why aren't these credits
controlled by consumers, rather than self-serving corporations?
Is this how
Congress rewards technological innovation and protects inept
auto corporations?
Why
we don’t care that the security of the American
economy is in the hands of terrorist-harboring countries?
One might think that the new Democratic leadership would
address these issues, but it appears that even Democrats
would rather take a safe approach that protects the Big 3
and UAW jobs.
Consequently,
Democrats are only focused on E85. E85 isn't going to
accomplish anything if we don't produce significantly more
fuel efficient vehicles.
We have to get
Congress to act. It isn't just foreign oil dependency or
global warming at stake, it's the American economy. Fuel
efficiency is the future for automakers, and for American
automakers that future starts with the Big 3 and hybrid
vehicles.
Plug-in
Hybrid Tax Incentives
Additionally,
there should be some tax incentives for consumers that are
willing to convert their hybrids into plug-in
hybrid vehicles. Plug-in hybrid technology extends the
benefits of hybrid vehicles, in addition to promoting more
hybrid battery research.
The People,
not the Corporations
Let's also move towards tax incentives on the
buyer side, not the producer side. We’ve already given GM
hundreds of millions of tax dollars to develop hybrids, instead, we got
professional grade gas-guzzlers.
Put the power
in the hands of consumers, not corporations.
Let's strive
for energy independence today, not tomorrow!
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