Big 3 automakers using bailout money to sue California

Step 1: Ignore consumer demand for cleaner, more fuel efficient cars.

Step 2: Go bankrupt because nobody buys your shitty cars.

Step 3: Ask for and receive bailout money from taxpayers.

Step 4: Use said bailout money to stop California from mandating cleaner, more fuel efficient cars.

The sad part here is that the auto companies actually have a good case.  There’s this thing called the “dormant commerce clause” that makes the California emissions law unconstitutional, even though the Obama administration is granting a waiver.  I’ll explain it better when I stop crying.

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  1. alexlitel reblogged this from tanya77
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  3. addam reblogged this from gregb and added:
    Spot on. Lazy fuel standards, set by our government (you know the officials you elected), kept the large vehicle...
  4. strivingforaverage reblogged this from tanya77 and added:
    It’s a race to the bottom! Who’s worse now? Finance companies who pay out bonuses to individuals or automakers suing...
  5. gregb reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Wow. Those steps are so wrong and out of order, but thanks for playing. Step 1 has 2 parts (a. where the Big 3 catered...
  6. oversets reblogged this from indieandyy
  7. capricious reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    is both SO FUCKED UP and BRILLIANT. we just talked about...clause yesterday.
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  10. kittywink reblogged this from outtheother and added:
    This is crap. I am so sick of this. Glad I own a Toyota. outtheother:
  11. outtheother reblogged this from tanya77 and added:
    Ugh. What she said.
  12. tanya77 reblogged this from commedesfuckdwn and added:
    Fuck these guys. Fuck them.
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