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Clunkers for SUVS

Posted by Deuce Geary on August 2nd, 2009

If you thought that cash-for-clunkers cash pool was exhausted by a bunch of folks trading in their gas-guzzling SUVs for hybrids, think again (my emphasis):
Bunnin GM Supercenter salesman Michael Angelo Olinyk hands over keys to Doug Steiger of Orange County for his new SUV, a 2009 GMC Acadia. Steiger traded his 1998 GMC truck under [...]

Maybe I’m departing from conservative orthodoxy, but selective tax breaks are bullshit

Posted by Deuce Geary on May 27th, 2009

I don’t understand why anyone thinks this is a good thing (emphasis mine):

North Carolina lawmakers are pushing to give Apple Inc. a multi-million dollar tax break should the company bring an East Coast computer server farm to the state — an estimated $1 billion investment, according to a state official with knowledge of the recruitment [...]