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W. Virginia Bans Direct Tesla Sales, With Urging of Car-Dealer Senate President
Ars Technica reports that another state has buckled to the auto dealership lobby, though with an interesting twist:
West Virginia became at least the fifth state to ban the direct-sales approach practiced by Tesla Motors following Friday's signature by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. ... The bill was championed by West Virginia's Senate president, who is an auto dealer in his home state and Kentucky. ... The legislation says a vehicle maker may not “act in the capacity of a new motor vehicle dealer” or “operate a dealership, including, but not limited to, displaying a motor vehicle intended to facilitate the sale of new motor vehicles other than through franchised dealers, unless the display is part of an automobile trade show that more than two automobile manufacturers participate in.” ... The Palo Alto, California-based electric-vehicle company operates so-called "galleries" in Texas, Arizona, and Maryland because the company's sales practices are barred there, too. Customers can see Tesla cars in these galleries, but they may not order vehicles, discuss prices or take test drives."
In my opinion the more Christian someone calls themselves the less like Christ they act.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
So, basically, they are FORCING people to buy the Teslas in another state, thus screwing themselves out of several thousand dollars worth of sales taxes per car?
Wrong. You pay sales tax based on your residence, not the location of your purchase, for things like cars. Try going out-of-state and buying a car and verify it for yourself: the dealership collects sales tax based on your residence, and remits it to that state.
States don't bother enforcing this for things like groceries and other small things, because it's impractical. But for cars, they certainly do.
Not just Fox News.
Read recently that Harry Reid, when Romney was running for President, said that Romney had paid no income taxes for the last ten years.
The media ran with it. Without checking. Turns out that it was false, and that Reid knew it was false when he said it.
When he was asked whether that sort of thing was justified in politics, his response was "Romney lost, didn't he? Of course it's justified"....
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
Who is the unnamed West Virginia Senate President and auto dealer in West Virginia and Kentucky?
That's right! Bill Cole (R).
Of course when Harry Reid said that Mitt Romney was refusing to release his tax information.
When he finally did release his tax information we learned that his effective tax rate was less than 15%.
Mitt Romney has a lower effective tax rate than I do, and possibly lower than yours despite making much more money.
Personally I see that an outrage but corporate bootlickers like yourself just can't stop felating the wealthy. Why? Because you are a pawn, a rube employed by the wealthy to paper over the injustices they perpetrate and benefit from.