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Use just a little bit more cynicism and the actual reasoning becomes clear. Car dealership owners are one of the most reliable Republican constituencies. They

Use just a little bit more cynicism and the actual reasoning becomes clear. Car dealership owners are one of the most reliable Republican constituencies. They make outrageous amounts of money through government-mandated rent-seeking and donate to Republican candidates 6-to-1. What we see here is nothing more than a quid-pro-quo, a handout to the dealership owners in exchange for their loyal monetary support over the years. So yes, it's not about protecting the consumer. Dealerships are of course actually terrible, as everyone knows. This is about protecting the dealership owners. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/rich-republicans-party-car-dealers-2024-desantis.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/rich-republicans...

ack210 3y ago
I certainly don't mean to be defending either party, but the bill received bi-partisan support. Only 2 reps voted against it in the house, and it received unanimous support in the senate (which includes 12 democrats). https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/637/?Tab=VoteHistory https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/637/?Tab=VoteHist...
- colpabar 3y ago
  A lot of people pretend this isn't the case, but democrats also receive political donations from rich people and then pass legislation that is favorable to those rich people. But the underlying cynicism is correct. It's a racket. required disclaimer: i don't like republicans either
- ahahahahah 3y ago
  The 6-1 ratio means that democrats are also getting a lot of money from dealership owners. Then, given that both the house and senate there are 60+% republican and all the republicans will vote for it, anyone voted against it is just symbolic and then is that symbol worth upsetting their own backers? I think a better way of understanding how the two parties feel about regulation of specific industries is to look into how different states regulate those different industries. This doesn't work well for very regional industries (think coal or I guess logging, for example), but car dealerships are everywhere.

ack210 3y ago

I certainly don't mean to be defending either party, but the bill received bi-partisan support. Only 2 reps voted against it in the house, and it received unanimous support in the senate (which includes 12 democrats). https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/637/?Tab=VoteHistory https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/637/?Tab=VoteHist...

colpabar 3y ago
A lot of people pretend this isn't the case, but democrats also receive political donations from rich people and then pass legislation that is favorable to those rich people. But the underlying cynicism is correct. It's a racket. required disclaimer: i don't like republicans either
ahahahahah 3y ago
The 6-1 ratio means that democrats are also getting a lot of money from dealership owners. Then, given that both the house and senate there are 60+% republican and all the republicans will vote for it, anyone voted against it is just symbolic and then is that symbol worth upsetting their own backers? I think a better way of understanding how the two parties feel about regulation of specific industries is to look into how different states regulate those different industries. This doesn't work well for very regional industries (think coal or I guess logging, for example), but car dealerships are everywhere.