So you agree, we should eliminate oil industry subsidies to stimulate actual market demand for EVs.

Not opposed to elimination of direct subsidies for many industries as long as we do so across the board.

Much depends on what you define as subsidies.

And, while I agree that we pay more than federal taxes, the flat tax is for federal income taxes. In my case, I also live in a state where we don't have state income taxes, our property taxes are comparatively reasonable (especially compared to New York or Illinois) and the only "high" tax is sales tax and even that is negligible on food and pharmaceuticals -- the basics of life.

But you liberals hate us and want to burn our governor in effigy (only because you can't burn him at the stake in real life). I'll admit, at times our governor is just slightly smarter than a swamp creature's intuition but overall, he's been a good governor, especially when our state faces emergencies.

Brother T Smith: Maybe the answer isn't to be revenue neutral but to begin to ask the question of what we should be doing as a government? I know that's asking for the moon, given the power of K Street but we really need to begin the process of thinking through a base zero budget, where we burn the last year's budget to the ground and make agencies and administrations justify every cent they spend. Efficiency in government is possible, just not probable.

In Florida, for example, I believe we have about 900,000 more residents than New York State. Our state government spends about half of what New York State spends in a year. Our education system is ranked about average for a large state, our transportation system works and our social service network is reasonable. Oh, and we're building a tollway that will have some sort of electric vehicle capacity embedded in it and our new private passenger rail system shows considerable promise!

Finally, Brother Jesmu, no, it's not a political decision, though I'll betcha anything the vast majority of EV operators share my wife's political views. In our case, it was a convenience and need issue and neither of us are fully convinced that the EV design and infrastructure is to the point where we want to sink $45,000+ into one. The vehicle I was interested in had an eight-year, 100,000 mile battery life guarantee.

You can tell me all you want to about EVs on long trips and, down here, maybe it's true. But a year ago, I had a Tesla rental in Chicago and the recharge time in cold weather was absurd, even on a high speed rapid charger. 

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Here he comes

Like I said, case by case situation. And as we know Louisville cops always show restraint.  They would never barge in and shoot.

Muggs, nuance to everything.

Scottie Scheffler is a thug.  End of story.  The fact that the PGA Championship is letting him play is a direct indictment of the lawlessness we allow in this nation

Hardly.

The amount of taxes paid by the so-called "poorest among us" is almost nil.

Here's your periodic reminder that people are taxed in more ways than the federal income tax.

Ya....these are totally similar situations.

Like I said, case by case situation. And as we know Louisville cops always show restraint.  They would never barge in and shoot.

Muggs, nuance to everything.