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[Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>]

on Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:45:15AM -0500, Bill Geschwind wrote:
> I didn't hear this on NPR, but I did see several stories about this in
> the TV news. Remember that this applies to not just any SUV, but only to
> the really big honkin' ones. What's sad is that this is very effectively
> encouraging people who otherwise wouldn't even consider buying one of
> those behemoths to actually buy and operate one, just so they can get
> their tax savings. Imagine all those big fat profits for Ford, GM & Co.
> and for the big oil companies, but to hell with the environment. This is
> NOT the kind of economic stimulus that we need...

There's a good article this week in the New Republic detailing many
of the arguments made by the author of "High and Mighty", a book about
the entangled set of perhaps well-intentioned environmental regs that
led, inexorably, to the creation of the SUV as a public menace. Worth
a read. 

 http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030120&s=easterbrook012003&c=1
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1586481231/

As far as the tax credits go, I don't know for sure what you're
referring to, but all I heard was that the credit applied to SMBs being
able to spend more on "equipment". Whether that would be used to buy
SUVs or not, I dunno. It never crossed my mind, frankly, but I suppose
if you're a smal business owner who has a fleet of vehicles, you might
want to spend some money on a big truck. <shrug>

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