I believe their point is thaat if the automotive industry has any control at all, then they'll lean toward the segment that has a moat to protect them from competition. So buying advertising to make it seem normal or desirable to have a truck for example.

It doesn't make them more practical, just more common.

>It makes American trucks cheaper.

Cheaper relative to the foreign competition, but the prices of American trucks are not reduced by the tax.

>It seems like you wanted to show off your knowledge of the chicken tax and just threw it in an answer to whatever thread came up first.

Maybe, but I'm sure there are a lot of people here who don't know about the chicken tax. It is relevant to a general discussion of trucks.

It's definitely relevant to a general discussion about trucks. I just couldn't tell if I was missing something and it was somehow directly related to trucks in urban environments.