I understand this particular piece of legislative manipulation is likely the product of some politically-connected dealers or auto lobbies. It does, however, wo

I understand this particular piece of legislative manipulation is likely the product of some politically-connected dealers or auto lobbies. It does, however, work as a piece with an apparent fringe campaign that has been remarkably successful in lobbying against urban planning and mass-transit projects in the U.S.[1][2] Based on some collective delusion loosely connected to a voluntary, non-binding U.N. resolution known Agenda 21, activists, mostly connected to the Tea Party and stirred up by such media personalities as Glenn Beck, have managed to successfully shelve these projects for reasons that can mostly be traced to their being supported by their (assumed Democratic) political opponents. [1] http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/05/agenda_21_how_right_wing_conservatives_have_used_an_nwo_conspiracy_theory.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/201... [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-p...