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Re:Japan Seeks to Squelch Its Tiny Cars by richardwhiuk on Monday June 09, 2014 @08:11AM (#7868022)
Realistically all they are doing is removing a bizarre tax benefit which doesn't exist for any practical reason.
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Re:Japan Seeks to Squelch Its Tiny Cars by scarygliders on Monday June 09, 2014 @08:27AM (#7868069)
Hmmm, I thought in this day and age, where a lot of people are hyper-ventilating about the environment, that usage of such vehicles would be encouraged, and that would be at least one practical reason for the tax benefit.
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Re:Japan Seeks to Squelch Its Tiny Cars by richardwhiuk on Monday June 09, 2014 @09:53AM (#7868425)
If you were doing that, you would base the tax on miles per gallon, or CO2 per mile, rather than on engine capacity, which is a poor indicator of environmental concerns.
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