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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 06:56 PM Original message |
Prius was 100% subsidized by Japanese Government |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. investment |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Wicked. nt |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's what Governments should do..... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. But subsidizing private industry is what causes trade wars |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. incentives |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. We licensed new battery technology to the Japanese, JAPANESE |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Federally-funded university research results in patents that business lease... |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. They get our technology for free mostly. Then they compete |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Japan has long stolen our technology but little was done |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. EU governments did not subsidize Airbus development that won the USAF tanker contract and Japan did |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. of course it was |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I am disappointed in Joe Gibbs, money over honor |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Union bosses are part of those secret organizations. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's our leaders who want our automobile industry to fail. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. So the free market is NOT an advantage? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Free to who? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Take the case of importing apples to japan |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. American apples at my supermarket are sour too. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. We import A LOT of apples from China |
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WoodyM (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Back when there was a textile industry in the US, |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yup, and now we buy ALL of our consumer electronics from them |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Patent violation |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. So the Japanese government is smarter than ours.... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Good???? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I hope you're not offended by the word, "shill." |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I hope you are not offended by the word ignored |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Your industry is serving America poorly. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Clever folks with solid sensibilities, those Japanese. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. And what are Americans? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. More like a haven for some antiAsian bigots... nt |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. gee the peanut gallery chimes in |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Why do you blame the Japanese. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Because it's always easier to blame someone else than |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's a scam anyway |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. uhm, you don't know much about the Prius do you? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Actually you are wrong. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Wind and solar will displace coal if carbon costs captured. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. disposal |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I agree but |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Not just some, but significant CO2 reduction is possible with EV's and hybrids |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. During the Clinton Aministration about a billion dollars went to US automakers for hybrids |
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Traditional Liberal (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. If you read the legislation |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. While in the US we subsidize -- Halliburton and Blackwater |
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