Kochspawn Attacking Dean Heller (Puke - NV) On EV Credit, Because Only Rich People Drive Electric

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Yeah, uh . . . OK . . .

A tax incentive for electric vehicles proposed by Nevada Republican Senator Dean Heller — who is currently running for re-election — is under attack by Koch Industries, the company owned and operated by billionaire conservatives (and active mega-donors) Charles and David Koch.

According to a letter obtained by Bloomberg, Koch Industries is lobbying against Heller’s proposed bill, introduced earlier this month, to expand a law granting a $7,500 tax credit to people who buy an electric vehicle. The argument presumes that only rich people buy electric cars.

“Subsidizing the wealthy with tax dollars is not only bad policy, it also increases our national deficit,” the Oct. 24 letter read. Koch lobbyist Philip Ellender signed the letter.

(Ed. - emphasis added. Oh, and )

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Heller’s opponent, Jacky Rosen (D) is co-sponsoring efforts in the House to have the tax credit extended through 2028. The race is currently a toss-up, and Democrats are watching closely to see if the party could flip the Senate seat. In recent days, Heller has doubled down on his support for Trump, but his support for electric vehicles goes against much of his party’s support for a coal revival, fossil fuels, and related industries. That’s likely because Tesla built its “gigafactory” in Nevada, investing more than $400 million and employing more than 3,000 people.

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https://thinkprogress.org/the-koch-brothers-are-lobbying-against-a-nevada-republicans-push-to-support-electric-vehicles-bbe0c4030b43/

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1. not likely, it IS because of Tesla's factory in Nevada. The repukes tried to repeal this in their

so-called tax bill, but a few repukes whose states benefit from that tax credit managed to get it into their final tax bill.

While I was able to benefit from the tax credit with the Chevrolet Volt, and several years later the Honda PEHV Clarity, the reason I am all for the subsidy is it is one path of many in the road toward clean energy, and energy independence. There are ton's of electric, and plug in hybrid vehicles on the road here in California, and that has been helped by the tax credit which phases out for a specific vechile once I believe 200,000 cars in that model are sold.

Ironically, how is this different then the dumpsterl subsidizes farmers because of his trade policies?

The repukes are all f**king hypocrites