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If there was a car that ran on tears of children and had 9 tax breaks you know they'd go for that one.
by dghughes 10y ago
If there was a car that ran on tears of children and had 9 tax breaks you know they'd go for that one.
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoThat's a very poetic way to describe the war-subsidized SUVs that many Americans drive.
- vanattab 10y agoWhy do you consider SUVs "war-subsidized"? What's the reasoning?
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoAmericas wars have often been in places that coincidentally favour their local business monopolies. "War is a racket" by Major General Smedley Butler is a good historical primer in this. The wars in Iraq were fairly obviously related to the oil production in this area. If done because of that, then the 3 Trillion (that's trillion, with a T) spent on these wars is a subsidy of every oil user in the US.
- vanattab 10y agoWhy do you consider SUVs "war-subsidized"? What's the reasoning?