New Jersey Ban's Tesla from Selling Direct to Customers

[dibblebill]

Speaking of...

New Jersey Bans Tesla to Ensure Buying a Car Will Always Suck | Wired Business | Wired.com

This is absolutely stupid. Why should a dealership or government get to tell us how and where to buy a car, much less anything else?

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

The answer seems painfully obvious to me.

There's a strong enough car sales lobby in that state to pay whatever "contributions" it takes to get laws beneficial to THEM passed. (You do realize that it's common for the lobbyists to actually WRITE the actual laws they want passed.)



I don't think NJ is alone here, I seem to recall some hooplaha going on about the same deal with Tesla in Texas.


Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

[Unforgiven]

I spun these into a new thread for some focused discussion. PM me if you think the title needs adjustment.

 

[dibblebill]

The answer seems painfully obvious to me.

There's a strong enough car sales lobby in that state to pay whatever "contributions" it takes to get laws beneficial to THEM passed. (You do realize that it's common for the lobbyists to actually WRITE the actual laws they want passed.)



I don't think NJ is alone here, I seem to recall some hooplaha going on about the same deal with Tesla in Texas.


Bruce in Ocala, Fl

I am aware- Arizona did as well. It fell through here in one of our Governor's few sensible decisions in North Carolina. It's absurd.

 

[psionandy]

Speaking of...

New Jersey Bans Tesla to Ensure Buying a Car Will Always Suck | Wired Business | Wired.com

This is absolutely stupid. Why should a dealership or government get to tell us how and where to buy a car, much less anything else?

wow.. and I thought America believed in free markets... clearly not.

 

[Steven58]

yay NJ!!! (Can't wait to leave.)

 

[dibblebill]

wow.. and I thought America believed in free markets... clearly not.

Most politicians in the US arguing for the "free market" (and most Americans, too) are arguing not for capitalism or the free market, we haven't had either for a long time, if ever. They argue for a protectionist mixed economy that maintains a (often terrible) status quo.