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These federally funded programs are corrupt. Let the free market build these electric vehicle chargers if people want them. Do not force me to participate in yo

These federally funded programs are corrupt. Let the free market build these electric vehicle chargers if people want them. Do not force me to participate in your political desires by taking my money at gunpoint.

outside1234 2y ago
Turn off Fox News man. You are being sold this story so that billionaires can cut them or privatize them (aka steal the money from them or direct it towards their companies). My wife works for the government and she can't even get a cup of free coffee from the government because it is considered a private benefit that doesn't work towards their mission.
- silexia 2y ago
  I have friends who work for the federal government. They told me that they "work from home" and literally do nothing to collect six figure paychecks except for a conference call every few months.
  - 1oooqooq 2y ago
    the problem is more your cohort than "gverment work".
chneu 2y ago
There is no such thing as a free market, especially in the US. The free market is like trickle down economics: something oligarchs make fools believe in so those fools don't notice they're being robbed. As long as you think the big bad guvmit is worse than the billionaires robbing us then you'll eagerly sign up to be robbed.
- silexia 2y ago
  Read less Reddit. When was the last time Bezos or Gates or Buffett held a gun to your head and said give me your money? We have no choice but to give the government any amount of money it wants even if the services it provides are negative. People freely choose to pay other folks for goods and services, and if those folks offer a truly game changing experience, sometimes they become billionaires.
  - chneu 2y ago
    Wow what an ignorant take.
vel0city 2y ago
We should let the free market build all the roads as well. People will pay private corporations for the highways if they really want them. Do not force me to participate in your political desires for your roads by taking my money at gunpoint.
- silexia 2y ago
  Do gas stations require subsidies?
  - vel0city 2y ago
    These chargers don't necessarily require subsidies to exist. The subsidies are to jump start and accelerate their development along strategic corridors. But yes, gasoline production and distribution gets a lot of subsidies. https://www.rd.usda.gov/hbiip https://www.rd.usda.gov/hbiip Do roads require subsidies to exist? Won't the free market just build all the roads people demand? Do you support the corruption of the government taking MY money at GUNPOINT to build YOUR roads? Or maybe there's a point in building out infrastructure that isn't directly and immediately profitable.
    - yostrovs 2y ago
      Your link is to the production of ethanol (and biodiesel) not gasoline, which is mandated by the government to be mixed in with gasoline. No one in the gasoline industry actually wants this mandate.

outside1234 2y ago

Turn off Fox News man. You are being sold this story so that billionaires can cut them or privatize them (aka steal the money from them or direct it towards their companies). My wife works for the government and she can't even get a cup of free coffee from the government because it is considered a private benefit that doesn't work towards their mission.

silexia 2y ago
I have friends who work for the federal government. They told me that they "work from home" and literally do nothing to collect six figure paychecks except for a conference call every few months.
- 1oooqooq 2y ago
  the problem is more your cohort than "gverment work".

chneu 2y ago

There is no such thing as a free market, especially in the US. The free market is like trickle down economics: something oligarchs make fools believe in so those fools don't notice they're being robbed. As long as you think the big bad guvmit is worse than the billionaires robbing us then you'll eagerly sign up to be robbed.

silexia 2y ago
Read less Reddit. When was the last time Bezos or Gates or Buffett held a gun to your head and said give me your money? We have no choice but to give the government any amount of money it wants even if the services it provides are negative. People freely choose to pay other folks for goods and services, and if those folks offer a truly game changing experience, sometimes they become billionaires.
- chneu 2y ago
  Wow what an ignorant take.

vel0city 2y ago

We should let the free market build all the roads as well. People will pay private corporations for the highways if they really want them. Do not force me to participate in your political desires for your roads by taking my money at gunpoint.

silexia 2y ago
Do gas stations require subsidies?
- vel0city 2y ago
  These chargers don't necessarily require subsidies to exist. The subsidies are to jump start and accelerate their development along strategic corridors. But yes, gasoline production and distribution gets a lot of subsidies. https://www.rd.usda.gov/hbiip https://www.rd.usda.gov/hbiip Do roads require subsidies to exist? Won't the free market just build all the roads people demand? Do you support the corruption of the government taking MY money at GUNPOINT to build YOUR roads? Or maybe there's a point in building out infrastructure that isn't directly and immediately profitable.
  - yostrovs 2y ago
    Your link is to the production of ethanol (and biodiesel) not gasoline, which is mandated by the government to be mixed in with gasoline. No one in the gasoline industry actually wants this mandate.