Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks

Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by JKCalhoun on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:02PM (#35647707)

Also, import tax on trucks is 20% (if I recall correctly). Maybe over double the tax on cars. Not sure why trucks get special protection(ism).

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by mullingitover on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:37PM (#35648016)

Chickens, and spite. That's the official story.[1]

Unofficially, it's indirectly how we got the Civil Rights Act passed as a quid pro quo:

> In retrospect, audio tapes from the Johnson White House, revealed a quid pro quo unrelated to chicken. In January 1964, President Johnson attempted to convince United Auto Workers' president Walter Reuther not to initiate a strike just before the 1964 election and to support the president's civil-rights platform. Reuther, in turn, wanted Johnson to respond to Volkswagen's increased shipments to the United States.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by pvarangot on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:37PM (#35648018)

Because they are "tools"

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by elihu on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:24AM (#35650358)

The "chicken tax" is 25% actually, unless something changed recently.

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