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I don't know why this is downvoted. I'm similarly confused. I'm guessing it's less about avoiding monopolies and more about making sure more of the money stays

• djrogers 5y ago
  There's very little (if any) income at a dealership that couldn't be captured by a state with the right tax structure, and that would apply to a manufacturer owned dealership just as much as a private one. It seems like the only person really losing in that scenario would be the dealership owner, which explains why they lobby so heavily to keep those laws in place.
• lotsofpulp 5y ago
  > it's less about avoiding monopolies and more about making sure more of the money stays in the state, but I'm just speculating. If that was the goal, then the state government should have opened their own dealerships and distributed the profits amongst the state's residents. Or better yet, simply operated the dealership at break even.
  • colinmhayes 5y ago
    Americans generally don't like the government running things that aren't natural monopolies.