Tesla Motors Sued By Car Dealers

An anonymous reader writes "Car dealers in New York and Massachusetts have filed a lawsuit that seeks to block Tesla from selling its pricey electric vehicles in those states. The dealers say they are defending state franchise laws, which require manufacturers to sell cars through dealers they do not own. Robert O'Koniewski of the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association says, 'Those dealers are investing millions of dollars in their franchises to make sure they comply with their franchise agreements with the manufacturers. Tesla is choosing to ignore the law and then is choosing to play outside that system.'"

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Re:Fuck those greedy bastards.

[JDAustin]

How about some more facts (look 'em up).
When Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi took over congress, the deficit went from $500b to over $1T.
The 1.8 trillion deficit for Bush's last year was a budget signed by Obama and included such wise spending as the stimulus.
Obama said if we pass the stimulus unemployment would be under 6%. Unemployment is higher now then even the non-stimulus projections. And the reason why its only 7.9% is we have several million people who left the work force.
Under Obama, we have 50m+ people on food stamps.
Under Obama, we have more people going on disability (they don't count as unemployed btw) then getting a job.
Under Obama, we haven't had a federal budget in over 3 1/2 years; and according to you, that was technically Bush's spending.

Instead of parroting the usual liberal talking points, how about you start thinking for yourself.

Re:Fuck those greedy bastards.

[LVSlushdat]

GOOD GOD! I wish this hadn't been posted by an AC and I had mod points.. I've felt this way since somewhere in the Clinton administration.. I *had* been "drinking the koolaide" as a lifelong (R), but somewhere around 2001, I realized to my chagrin that (R) was pretty damned close to as bad as (D) and dumped the (R) for an (I).. Since then I've had to not vote FOR any particular candidate, but rather AGAINST the worst one, which in this case was (and IS) Obama.. *IF* its still worth voting AT ALL, which I have grave doubts, you might as well vote for someone who has a snowballs chance of winning. ie: Rommey. As it turned out, after all of the voter fraud by the left, and everyone with their hands out for freebies, and those "On The Dole" as the UK so aptly puts it, we wound up with Mr Obama for one more four years of ever increasing misery. The parent AC is DEAD ON.. Mr Obama HATES America... All the conservative talking heads seem to think he's incompetent, a buffoon, but its become BLINDLY CLEAR he is VERY smart and HATES America VERY much and after another four years of him and his policies, you'll be able to stick a fork in us, cuz WE WILL BE DONE.....