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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on a bill prohibiting car manufacturers from using direct-sales models.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I would like to see someone explain how restricting buying options is a good thing that lines up with "conservative ideals"?

Just answer a simple question: why should anyone believe this is anything but a blatant example of regulatory capture and legal bribery?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Pro-business", as long as the business exists to extract as much profit as possible from consumers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Pro bloodsucking middlemen.

Protecting the god given right to extract as much money from the common pleb as can be wrung out of them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Party of small government at it again! Gotta love their version of the free market.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

So this literally just protects existing dealerships instead of creating more dealerships for EVs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

His boy Elon won't like this one bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Electric car manufacturers are specifically exempt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So then what’s the point of this law?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

To help tesla and hurt the competition a bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Couldn't the car manufacturer's set up dealerships on Seminole reservations? That's how they got around similar restrictions in other states.

The other option was to buy out of state.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I suppose used car dealers will be unaffected.