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Why do they need the dealers again? It seems to me that the dealerships are an even worse ripoff than real-estate agents.

• falsestprophet 17y ago
  They don't. But, dealers are an unstoppable state-level lobbying force.
  • sachinag 17y ago
    They got a majority in the House to vote for a bill that reverses a federal court allowing GM to shed dealerships in bankruptcy. Can't say I blame them - dealerships are the biggest source of sales tax revenue in every single rural area that they're in.
    • anamax 17y ago
      > Can't say I blame them - dealerships are the biggest source of sales tax revenue in every single rural area that they're in. I don't know about other states, but California sends the sales tax money to the city/county of the registered address, no matter where you buy the car. In short, if every car was sold from the same dealership, each city/county would get the same sales tax as it would with a dealer in every city/county. One side effect of this is that you can't get a discount on car sales tax by buying in a low-tax area if you live in a high-tax area like you can with most other purchases, such as car parts, books, computers. (Sales tax varies by city and county in CA.)