Koch brothers target Republican bill to extend EV tax credits to help Tesla

[Morgen]

Koch Industries Inc., a closely held refining and manufacturing company, is lobbying against efforts to extend the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit that’s helped make cars manufactured by Tesla Inc. and others more attainable, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg.

“Subsidizing the wealthy with tax dollars is not only bad policy, it also increases our national deficit,” reads the letter, which was dated Oct. 24, addressed to senators, and signed by Koch lobbyist Philip Ellender. “I urge you to oppose the expansion of credits on plug-in electric vehicles (EV) through 2022.”
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Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs’ non-profit political advocacy arm, has yet to endorse Heller. The group has, however, voiced its opposition to the tax credit in a tweet that mentioned both Heller and Rosen

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-25/koch-targets-endangered-gop-senator-s-car-credit-that-aids-tesla

[ASparkle]

“Subsidizing the wealthy with tax dollars is not only bad policy, it also increases our national deficit,” Only the Kochs could say this without realizing the irony.

[Froztshock]

"WE NEED TO STOP EVIL SOROS FROM INFLUENCING OUR POLITICS WITH HIS MONEY!"

"What about the Koch Brothers and Rupert Murdoch, who have more of an influence on American politics than probably any other wealthy individuals, who regularly tell the government to do things which are in their own best interest and run a major news station which tells hundreds of thousands of Americans who to vote for?"

*Crickets*

[OvB]

No you see we should be subsiding my wealth, not theirs.

[27X]

UE4 doesn't have enough memory allocation for normals that wrinkly and shriveled by greed or enough node connection to wire in that much hysterical cackling per function

[DiscoInferno]

If you make it your mission to jerk off greedy corporate dicks all day long, eventually some of them will feel they're not getting enough hand-love and make a racket.

[Borealis]

The Kochs are vile, they've been spending a lot to start a constitutional convention with the goal of making it pretty much impossible for the government to actually function, or for democracy to actually matter.

[ASparkle]

The only good thing about the Koch brothers is that they're old enough that most people here will live to see them die.
Not saying that they should be killed, but I will applaud when nature takes its course.

[Raidyr]

I thought this was paraphrasing, that is an actual quote holy shit lol.