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Re: Polar Bears and the denial of Global Warming
It's not a matter of what is the "right thing" to do, it is a matter of consumerism. Far from value oriented, the consumer will buy as much as they can get from their dollar. If they can get a leather interior Hummer for the price of a tiny Prius, they'll do it. (Remember a few years back there was a huge rush on Hummer's due to tax incentives).
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Hummer-tax incentive article The tax break given to small business owners that allows the entire purchase price of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be deducted is one of the most glaring examples of a good idea going in the wrong direction.
Under current tax policy, the U.S. government grants massive tax breaks to purchasers of SUVs. The original intent of the provision was to increase capital investments by farmers and other small business owners who rely on light-trucks or vans (ie. construction companies). When this provision was added to the tax code, luxury passenger SUVs were not the market force they have become, and it appeared a good way to help small business owners by accelerating depreciation and avoiding a luxury-tax surcharge.1
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...the government...is caving in...with their specious arguments couched in the...language of civil rights law, and that the churches ... likewise crumbling to...rhetoric which is nothing but heretical sophistry -- ~F Phelps
Platitudes like the one you offer are no different - and no less incorrect - than the jackass part-time Christian who says, "I'm going to heaven because I'm nice to people." It so misses the point.~Impugn
Last edited by JHC; 12-29-2006 at 12:30 PM.
Reason: to add the article about tax incentive
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