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Posted October 22, 2009
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Buy a Tesla Roadster on the Colorado Tax Payer!
Colorado Tax Payers: How do you feel about your hard earned money going to the wealthy to purchase a Tesla Roadster?
Just another example of government spending gone awry.
While the rest of you/us and our employers are tightening our belts to get through these tough financial times, your liberal state government (and Federal for that matter) is spending like gamblers in Las Vegas, giving the wealthy who purchase a $109,900 Tesla a $42,000 discount.
For crying out loud, your government's priority should be "people first" not the "environment first". We should all be for incenting people to switch to hybrid, electric, alternative fuels to save the environment, and spur the green industry but some common sense needs to be used. This kind of incentive to purchase cleaner burning, fuel efficient cars should be limited to a few thousand dollars and should not be available for cars that the wealthy are going to purchase...they don't need your tax dollars.
You can buy a 2009 Tesla Roadster, with a list price of $109,900, and pay just $67,800 for it if you live in Colorado and purchase it before December 31 when a special Colorado tax credit designed to encourage the purchase of low-emission cars, is due to end the $42K Tesla tax credit.
So what do you think about this? What other crazy spending are our state and federal politicians doing with our hard earned tax dollars?
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