'If Electric Cars Are So Swell How Come Government Has To Pay People To Drive Them?': John Kennedy
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- At today's Senate Budget Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned a witness about EV policy.
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If the gov decided to give a check for $15000 to every EV, the price of that EV would go up by $15,000. The manufacturer gets the money and the consumer gets screwed.
And it will cause inflation otherwise as well.
the cost of a battery for one is 5K- 20K- and they go bad as quickly as one in a gas car
@@MrMakemyday3 and when that battery goes bad the car is totalled out and sent to the scrap yard.
It already has.
Sure, that makes sense. Raising the price of a car $15,000 will make it sell faster.
please tell me you don’t have any children.
Why ARE WE PAYING ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING WHEN NOTHING EVER GETS DONE?????
Continue to vote for the same parties that support and promote big government.
@@kevinphillips150 why vote? 😂 voter fraud allows dead people and illegals to keep criminals in power.
@@kevinphillips150 I agree! Frickin’ Republicons!!
The same ones that's promoting irrelevance the same ones wanna buy our votes every election thinking anything is getting done when it is technically not. Its been the same cycle since we been alive n basically depending on state and/or cities and/or towns its the same BS with NO result. Spoil alert watch the actions NOT talk on ALL sides Ds Rs Independents etc more than just Rs. I learned this recently if we don't like the situation we in now we need to do something about it by actions. That includes running for office.
@@Ampersandrascott typical misguided liberal, its the dems that promote BIG BIGGER BIGGEST, but you knew that!
She said the silent part out loud - "most government policies are put in place to incense certain behaviors". Meaning those policies are used to get people to do what government wants. Thought we lived in a free country, not under a tyranny.
Feels more and more like that in the UK as well.
Do you like paved roads? Do you like stable electrical grids? Do you like clean, stable water supplies? Do you like cheaper gasoline? Because the government, aka taxpayers, pay for all of those things.
@@id10t98 Yes and we pay for these things already. Government doesn't need to push our behavior in order for them to provide basic services. That is what our tax dollars are for, not pushing crap on us like EVs, Gener, trans, pronouns, electric stoves, on and on.
Exactly well said
Wait till you find out about farm subsidies.🤡
www.nal.usda.gov/economics-business-and-trade/agricultural-subsidies
The other question that should be asked, is why does the US taxpayer have to pay to bail out Ford, GM and Dodge also…
Size matters.
Except Ford.
Blame the UAWU .
I'm going to guess that the govt needs to keep factories like the car industry open in case we have to go to a war time footing. Like what happened on WW2. With infrastructure in place our country can almost instantly, with a change over, start building machines of war. I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a plan already in place. Anyways, that is my guess.
Ford wasn't bailed out
Its NOT Governments CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE to "influence behaviors". It's to PROTECT our RIGHTS. Therein lies THE PROBLEM.
It was THIS in her answer that made my skin crawl. Since when (never) was any level of government supposed to "influence behaviors"? Well, the "stick" approach to influencing those who don't play nice (prison, etc) is legitimate.... since it is protecting the rights of victims.
@@mikeb8342 Another one with that smug look on their face when answering a legitimate question. Absolutely disgusting!
And defend our borders! They're failing miserably on both counts..
That and Smug, Sanctimonious, Self Important, Pompous Government Employees, right along with Government Appointees who Haven't A Clue as to How to do anything having to do with their Appointed Position, and then Hang On Like Grim Death to that "Position", while doing as little as possible, to assure the Good Old Status Quo continues unabated along with the accompanying Pay Check
@@dwightcurrie8316 That starts with the President band especially the VP on down..
Thank you Sen Kennedy!
She smirks because she knows the truth.
Exactly. Just another fraud.
Yep she got caught
She knows no one wants those cars except virtue signalers.
I want one. They save you money and the atmosphere from destroying future generations of children of today.
@@Ninja123101You biy one then, then cone back and tell us hiw much you sold it fir with its used battery, if the battery hasn't burst into flames that is. Who wants to buy a second hand EV? Come back and tell us all about litium mining and the carbon involved in that. Cone back and tell us all about your mental health after constantly experiencing range anxiety whilst owning this vehicle....try the Christmas rush in an EV say on a 500 mile journey.....I look forward to hearing about your exploits 👍
parking garages are banning them , because they catch on fire.
Have you seen the video of how much water it takes to try and extinguish one? Fire department stated that for a regular car fire they would seen a crew and a tanker that holds several hundred gallons of water. For an EV fire they need thousands of gallons of water and even then the fire could restart.
If you have one in your garage, will house insurance companies charge more?
@@jameswest9261 local fire departments aren’t equipped to deal with lithium fires. Another oversight in the long list of them coming from the activists in government lol
@@fernfreeman1729 Great question.
@@fernfreeman1729 A coworker of mine claimed they asked that when getting insurance so I suspect yes. Last I heard, they account for 1/3 of the spontaneous, parked vehicle fires and while being only 1% of the vehicle population. It may be related to charging---not sure. If I get one it will be away from the house!
Her face is the tell tale of defeat.
If evs are so swell how come the government fleet isn't all ev?
Exactly. That part ☝️. Are they driving Chevy Surburbans still? Looks like it
She was so proud of her answer which was a non answer. Lol.
midrangetorque///// SHE WAS JUST ANOTHER DEMOCRAT SHREW!!!!!!
Dancing around questions is what Dimorats do best.
A 2020 Camry 2.4L with 203 HP can get up to 45 MPG driving at highway speeds. When you're low on gas, you spend about $40 to fill up the tank and it takes a few minutes to fill up. No way would I spend a small fortune on an electric car that has far less range and LOSES range when the weather is very hot or very cold and when you low on range takes hours to recharge to continue on your journey.
I'll stick with my 2020 Camry for the foreseeable futre.
They don't take hrs to charge. You fools crying about ev cars but have never experienced owning one. Please just s t f u!
What could possibly be Shadowed on this? Well besides the truth
Gas powered cars lose considerable efficiency running the air conditioner too, but yeah heat is pretty much free in that case. Personally I think lithium ion batteries don't belong in cars as a primary power source but I think it's important to be intellectually honest in the discussion.
@@big0bad0brad well I appreciate the input. Today's ICE are close to zero carbon emissions combined with horrible ecological consequences of production and disposal of EVs. I'm all for alternatives but i get suspicious when it's being shoved to hard
I have a 2018 Camry and get just about 38-40mpg on the highway. I'm with you, I'll keep my internal combustion Camry and don't have any plans to own an EV.
Because politicians have found a way to pay themselves, their friends, and their donors with taxpayer money.
Politicians are required to be paid via the Constitution. The level and frequency is not determined by the Constitution since being a politician is not supposed to be a full time career.
Correction, have found ANOTHER way to pay themselves with taxpayers money.....
Also, what they want confiscated from us, what they call “Assault Weapons”, “Weapons of War”, “Killing Machines” and every other liberal made up term, is first and foremost in place for their protection, so what they want barred from ownership for the rest of us, for some reason is permitted, when it comes to protecting them and their families, Hitler would be proud, especially of the democrat party.
And that seals the deal ,public funds = private coffers. Let's invent a crisis, then offer our ready solution to line our pockets
Blimey I thought this sort of thing only happened in the UK 🇬🇧 😳
So what I got from that is: “We have to pay people or no one will buy them because they suck.”
I just don't want a EV...
I'm good with what i got.
Then don't bitch about gas prices.
mules is good.
@@yepyep340 Sit down dufus
I like my F250 with a 6.2. Oh and my S550 with a 5.5.
@@josephhann8844 I like my ev!
When you take into consideration the elements that need to be mined to produce EV batteries, the limited lifespan of said batteries and petroleum energy plants to produce electricity, my modern internal combustion vehicle is greener by a long shot.
Plus where do we put all the used batteries? Yucca mountain? Carbon is only .02%of the atmosphere..♥️🙏👉🇺🇸
@@chrisp.9172 80% of our lithium is from China.!! Another component is cobalt, mostly from Africa mined by workers using their hands!
....and the oil is almost gone, too. Wake up, it's finite. Both energy agendas are dead ends. They know this.
and it's great business for China since all of the elements needed to make such batteries are mined there. Yeah there is no incentive of influence on their part in our own government.
BINGO! Hold your cards
Why does the government feel the need to incentivize the public? Why not let good ideas stand on their own and let bad ideas get culled out? Also John Kennedy is great.
That’s the best question I’ve heard in a long time.
it would be a great question from a highschool student. It's pretty pathetic coming from a senator...
What a great guy this man is!
They know they aren’t good it’s about lining they’re pockets
Worse, its about destroying our freedom of movement under the guise of "saving the planet". A de facto lockdown without saying it.
Perfectly said.
Only for legacy auto, Musk has stated that he is against all forms of tax credits. Simply put, Tesla doesn't need them. Tesla's vehicles sold are profitable without any government interference. Ford, GM, Stelantis etc is another matter. They are losing billions on all their EVs, but not Tesla.
The government pays people to buy them because the government has heavily invested (our money) into EV infrastructure and sales. Individual politicians are heavily invested in the EV future as well, so they make policy that will force the market into a win for themselves.
Ironically, this only contributes more towards pollution.
There are those things, and Granholm and others are big investors in the industry. There is no justification at all for wanting to destroy our domestic oil industry. When America is one of the most oil rich countries in the world. Even if you ignore all the other reasons they are trying to manipulate us on this. Just the obvious stupidity of screwing over all the American people to benefit China should be enough for Americans to refuse to cooperate with this scam.
Not just raising prices on vehicles but food and housing too. So for those who votes and support Biden I need you to think about that real hard. Don't be saying that it's your own opinion to vote or support Biden cuz that's a lame ass excuse.
And how many of those heavily invested politicians are actually driving EV’s !?!
@@alanw9677 Researx There are four US Congresses driving EV's.
Thanks and respects for common sense Senator Kennedy. My best to you and yours Sir. From Canada
Keneddy is a fool and your one also for supporting him
This should not be forced on anyone. Let the free market work.Not everyone can afford EV and not everyone wants one.
but no one wants to breathe your exhaust fumes , warm the planet and not care about future generations.
My man. I cant even afford a fuckin used car. Let alone an ev. God bless america, we gonna need it.
It's a subsidy of tax money to enhance CHY-NA and their control of EV batteries
Gee, maybe we should make batteries hear in the US, perhaps??? Well that is just one of things Biden got passed before Congress was turned over the Republican clown car. The Republican Party loves big oil so much they turned a blind eye to industry's blatant price gouging at the pump last year. Dem's had a bill to force them to pay an EXCESS PROFITS TAX but ZERO Republicans voted for it. Then they blamed the ensuing inflation on Biden. Same happened in the FOOD and BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. All Reporting Record Profits.
It is not always an "evil foreigner" the cause of the problems. Look near, very near, and you will see many of these societal paranoias are propagated by US: Global Warming (oh, sorry, I mean Clinate "Change"), Transgenderism (not Transexuals), Alphabet madness, Cancel culture,...
China is a well known Climate Change skeptical country, so it is unlikely they are behind the EV wave. What they are doing, and rightly so, is profiting from it just because China nowadays produces and sell most of the world tech products.
Those paranoias don't benefit US citizens but benefit certain corporations and certain corrupt politicians and bureaucrats.
Please, don't always accuse the old evil foreign enemy (Russia, Middle East, China,...) when US can be the source of evilness for itself and for other Western countries who "obey" US.
Buying more nukes to attack us.
Bingo...and TH-cam IS CENSORING COMMENTS
I can believe that considering the biden syndrome.
Love this guy!
you’ve gotta love Senator Kennedy
I was foolish when I was young, I had to learn the hard way. I remember running out of gasoline on some remote road, and walking to get a gallon of gas. Dumb, I know, but I learned. Now, some youth with an EV will, yes he will, run out of battery on some remote road. My question is, can he start walking to get a gallon of battery charge?
First words out of her mouth, Govt policies are to change people's behavior! That is not what the Govt is supposed to do!
That's exactly what the gov't is supposed to do -- drive and push things in the right direction for the greater good. Arrogant Americans are so fucking selfish...
Absolutely!
For the negative do Gov't policies change people's behavior--take the DOE (Dept of Education) has changed our children's learning behavior to one step above being a moron for the past 50 years based on our educational ranking in the world (currently #34), and the new numbers that just came out where nation-wide our children in 2022 scored lower in Reading, Math, and Civics!--it's Covid's fault! So, tell me how many more years do we give the DOE to get it right before we abolish them?-- millions of Dollars wasted on this Agency every year to produce results that would get us fired!
What about speed limits? Don't those modified people's behavior?
Yes, that's exactly what the government is supposed to do. Why do you think that you don't have people coming to your home and murdering you? The government has put policies in place to prevent that. So if they do not do what they are supposed to do, they get punished. What's wrong with you guys?
I love Kennedy! 😂 real trooper!
Create behavior, her first answer was the truth . Don’t like being controlled myself or having my costs for my choices go up because they are trying to force this garbage .
This old boy always makes me giggle, he’s just common sense and asking questions most snot noses are afraid to ask.
His questions are foolish.
@@danmarty6765🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🐑🐑🐑
We just love Senator Kennedy she has the rare voice of common sense.
Sorry HE
@@danmarty6765you’re one of them🤡
Keep the pressure on Kennedy I love it!!!❤
it doesn't have to be like this. just get out and vote. we have such a beautiful country and brandon is wrecking it.
This is such a simple statement that totally undermines the factual evidence that our elections at all levels of government are riddled with Fraud. How can you over look all the election corruption?
Oh come on Y’all! They’re just wonderful! Just ask any EV owner sitting at a charging station, in January, with the family, for 90(?)minutes, off a highway, in.... Maine, or Minnesota, or Wisconsin, or North Dakota, or Montana. I’m sure they agree they’re just.....WONDERFUL! 🤔😳🥶
Which begs to ask the question how well do the heaters work in EV's? I know that the heater core( using hot water) is how they operate in gas cars..
They wont charge in cold weather. Plus 7 days to fully charge!!! Hard pass on government scams!!!
Yeah they're wonderful until you get stranded somewhere that you don't want to be.
Toyota has canceled total Electric Vehicles entirely ~~Only Hybrids,
~~ Going Forward
That is very telling if only the FedGov and Ho Xi Biden would get off their high horse. 🐑🐑🐑🐀🐀
And the batteries discharge 2or 3% at least daily when not in use!
Kennedy is my guy 😂 didnt know how to respond 😅 Bravo good Sir! 👏🏻
If a government put a policy in place,we should go the complete opposite, as we all know the opposite decision is the right decision.
You are a fool. No one is paying people to drive EVs.
It worked for George Castanza😂
Than move to Russia, your hero can talk Putin into accepting you with open arms.
Sure the government should pay taxes to us ! Forget medicare, roads, power, water, the soldiers and sailors. Who needs em.
thats idiotic and not well thought through, government is a necessity and it is the duty of we the people to ensure corruption is kept out, problem is, we the people haven't been doing our end of the bargain so we have a horrendously corrupt government and have had it for 70 years, now it's so corrupt they don't even have to hide the corruption though.
Government officials should be required to operate electric vehicles on any trip over 350 miles. When they find out how inconvenient they are to operate they might have a change of heart about them.
you mean no more private jets, or chauffers? how will they survive on that diet? lol
Agreed. Big reason I won’t buy one as of now. I drive 350 miles a week for me irs not ideal to have one. Until I see as many charging stations as I do gas stations
Democrats will never have a change of heart about electric cars or man made global warming. It's a path to political power
Make sure that those trips are on long weekends in the snow. They would love the reduced range in the cold, and the 10 hour wait at the recharge stations. Assuming they can find a working one.
How inconvenient was the gas automobile when it came out if I remember correctly you had to back the darn model t up steep hills it had no pump the gas was gravity flow if there was some place to get gas . And remember when model t came out it was fifteen miles an hour in speed
The best Kennedy to ever serve in Congress.
You have got to be joking.
@@guitarzan2626I'm a big jfk fanatic but this John kennedy definitely makes me laugh more
There’s no way you could pay me to own an electric it’s like 30,000.00 to just replace the battery and that’s not on a Tesla that was on a ford 😊
Outrageous !
30k for a battery ? Cmon now 😂 you mean 3k ? Which is still crazy expensive btw
@@davemartino5997 No not 3k 30k
@@davemartino5997 I'm sure she's referring to the Ford Focus in florida that was going to cost $14,000 to replace the battery, which was $3,000 more than they paid for the car. Not $30k, but a lot more than $3,000. The family was upset and it made the news.
@@davemartino5997 People don’t know this when they buy electric
She said the quiet part out loud, government “incentive” to get people to drive EV’s.
She can't help but laugh cause she has to lie. I agree she was about to say incentive but if you listen very closely she said something like "incent" because she stops short
You've never heard of a subsidy? If the goal is to reduce carbon emissions, then of course they're going to incentivize the purchase of EV's. I don't think it's inherently a bad thing. What people are pointing out however, is that car companies will just jack up prices because they know the government is subsidizing the market. Similar to why college is so expensive nowadays.
To "change their behaviors".
When did the government decide they know better?
At least as far back as the pharaohs of Egypt.
“Government policies are to change people’s behavior.” The very definition of social engineering. Let’s vote these elites out so we peons can govern ourselves with common sense and free markets.
The very definition of communism socialist ,look like an old definition but everything it’s the same😂wake up!!!
Kennedy is elite. He went to Harvard.
Yeah next up legalize fentanyl! Government should not be telling us what drugs we can take, and lets have no age limits either because the government saying what age is appropriate for anything is social engineering!
Good question senator.
They have to pay people to get them because people know that they're not very reliable
lol.
Use the correct language; it's called a BRIBE. If you have to pay someone who, otherwise, would have chosen something different = a bribe!
or.... it's an incentive for more people to buy them BECAUSE they're reliable? jesus christ, your republican card is showing. don't be so tribal. have a brain of your own.
@@dutchreagan3676 "bribe" BIG OIL huh.😮💨
Because the know the resale price is awful, just look at the second hand market for EV's.
“Most government policies are put in place to incense certain behaviors”
Am I the only one who caught that?
Doubtful. One of Obama's lackeys termed it 'nudging'. The more serious part is the prohibition of ICE which if not mistaken horses weren't banned nor buggy whips as the auto came to be. Also, to immobilize the citizenry.
no they are saying the quiet stuff out loud lately
No, I got it as well. Her failure to answer incenses me though.
Hey gang, know it's a few months late but hey, you never know. She answers the question, but misspoke on "incense" its incentivize. Government wants more people to transition to electric vehicles, so government sets a policy that offers tax credit for purchasing an electric vehicle. Simple governance, not a big conspiracy. It's the same thing, as say: want to open more fracking rigs? Offer companies contracts/credits/whatever to incentivize that action to take place.
I do not think the government should "incentivize" anything. That is not what the government is for under our constitution@@WuzzyGames
I love this guy! More common sense shown in his questions than most.
Simple minds.
it seems like common sense until you look at the whole picture. The Tax encentives are a drop in the bucket compared to the trillions of dollars spent to boost and protect the oil and gas automotive industry.
Kennedy is a gem.
😂😂😂
Yes he is! I liked when he asked the “climate experts” how much money is it going to take to cool the earth 1 degree? Ha! They couldn’t answer.
Yes he is! Wish he were my Senator instead of the useless lumps (Fetterman and Casey) that we have here in PA.
The government needs to focus on basic stuff like filling potholes. They can’t do anything else without screwing it ip royally
They can't even do that. Ask Mayor Pete. Domino's was filling his potholes.
Oh boy, here we go again, someone who doesn't know the differences between what federal, state, and local govts. do.
But yes, I get your point, govts. at all levels screw things up royally, that's why they should be limited (besides the tyranny factor).
And they can’t even get that right most of the time !
We ha e a parking garage downtown a new sign just went up at the entrance. "No EV parking allowed sorry for any inconvenience" turns out the insurance company requested it.
I know where I would like to drive one, and it ain’t on the road. 😅😅
A tax credit that increases the price of the vehicle by the same amount??
Even Anna Kesperian a dipshit democrat saw that scheme😆
They think we're stupid and believe this drivel....
I recently spent the night at a fairly new Holiday Inn at a busy intersection of I 94. The Holiday Inn is surrounded by several other newer hotels, McDonald's, gas stations etc. I did not see one single electric car recharging station anywhere. If people are traveling and spending the night in a hotel where are they charging their electric cars ? I live in a town of 8,000 people. I am not aware of any public recharging stations in my town.
Once again, John Kennedy just makes too much sense! His ability to make those testifying stutter is astounding. We need more like him.
Ha, he is a fool!
HOW SO? HOW DOES KENNEDY MAKE SENSE?
always amusing watching simple minds at work
US fossil fuel industry subsidies are estimated to be $10B-50B/year. $40B/year according to a senate hearing, that I guess, Kennedy missed
Once again, Kennedy is rude and condescending by interrupting a witness , to get the answer he wants , not the truth.
@@jimwilloughby Isn't that what you've been teaching activists to do?
Im 68 years old, and at my age I don’t think I’ll ever be forced to buy an EV. I’d rather own a horse!
Amen
You're welcome to do so, can ride a steam car if you prefer as well.
Me too
Wait till you see the price of good hay
I have half a dozen bicycles that I can use for any trip around town. I even have a little trailer for grocery shopping. My car doesn't need to be used except for road trips.
Im from the government, and Im here to help. Predident Reagan warned us about people like her 43 years ago
See John Kennedy you know it's going be a good question.
Almost exactly when the government announced its incentive program for people buying electric vehicles GM and Ford raised the price of their E.V.s $10,000. So yeah
Yes, and according to today's news, Ford is losing $60K per vehicle sold which was only 12K in the recent quarter. "Woke" = "Broke" is a true axiom. Good bye, Ford!
Because it's a bailout for Legacy auto. Musk has stated that he is against all forms of tax breaks.
@@benc1927 Musk said that, then he should reimburse the state of California.
@@tomc642 Tesla is a Texas company now. Any Californians with any sense have fled CA, most have come to Texas.
@@benc1927 I get it, but it is besides the point. Musk is a hypocrite in this respect. Tesla wouldn’t have survived without state tax credits.
“I wouldn’t say we pay people to drive EVs” she the proceeds to explain that we pay people to drive EVs.
I like a lot of people rent my place. In almost all apartments that I've seen don't have plug-ins so how can we charge electric cars? I also live in a cold winter area that drains my gas car battery to the point of not starting. Are you going to try to tell me cold weather will not drain electric car batteries?
It's really nonsensical. The only people who would find an electric vehicle useful would be city dwellers who don't drive far or often, but city dwellers don't have garages. Country dwellers have garages, but electric vehicles are essentially useless to them because of their limited range. So who are electric cars for?
So the politicians who invested in EVs can cash in at taxpayers' expense, follow the money.
True
Excellent question
I knew a guy who drove from California to Arizona and it took him twice as long because of his electric car. 😂
BS! I live in SANTA Barbara California and have a house in Scottsdale Arizona and not it's not even twice ass long. Stop with the fake news
@@atg1338 sorry... You're full of crap.
That's nearly 500 miles. That's about a 7 hour trip...
Then make TWO STOPS (if it's not some garbage Nissan Leaf) to charge your EV... AND get STUCK waiting for a charger. You're now looking at 10 hours.
My wife and I just drove 600 miles to Maine... We stopped ONCE for gas, but had I filled up to start, we could have drove directly there (going 80mph, mind you!)
In an EV, that would have turned into a two day trip.
@@jasono2139 I do the drive in a tesla and do 1 fast charge when stop to eat but im full of it🤔 someone who actually owns an Ev and does long trips is full of it🤔 sorry Jason but you are CLUELESS!
@@jasono2139maybe that's me!!! I have to stop twice to fill up my Gas eating 6.6L V8 Box Truck loaded with dozens of 2x4's and 2x6's lumbers, plywood, and pairs of 4x6x10 Beam post it was a heavy load! Plus a Generator and Air compressor for my framing nailer, plus my tools for framing it's a heavy ass loads! So I have to stop twice for Fuel!!! It only takes me 3 mins to fill up 18 gallons of premium gasoline!
@@littlecedar3425 I've driven the big U-haul box trucks before. You're lucky to get about 9mpg in those things!
Otherwise, why are you using premium fuel in that?? Those engines don't need more than regular 87 Octane gas.
Oh she was sooooo proud of herself for surviving a Kennedy grilling. 🤪
And she didn’t even answer his question 😂 just sat back with that smug look as if she actually did something
J Chis//// NO SHE DID'NT, SHE JUST CAME OFF AS LOOKING IGNORANT!!!!!!
Stop the rebates for EV. We are $30 plus TRILLION in debt.
“The Government” has no legal right to use its power to force American Citizens to give up their Constitutional Rights to to “change their behavior” just because one group of citizens wants to force the other group of citizens to bow down to their wishes! Talk about unconstitutional use of power! That woman (I am assuming here) is totally arrogant and has no business holding any government position, not even meter maid!
She all but used the exact words “social credit score”
Exactly. These fascists are trying to force an unconstitutional monopoly down our throats.
@@bujkaizack Bingo!
Senator Kennedy is a LEGEND, I love how he makes them squirm like the snakes they are.
YOU, are giving snakes a bad name.
You couldn't pay me to get one! PERIOD!
As the family member to firefighters Lithium batteries frighten me.
The slave labor needed to harvest Lithium should frighten those who claim to have a heart for the disenfranchised.
What a world we live in.
God help and forgive us.
Ever heard of black lung, ask a coal miner.
Nimbyism at its finest.
Lithium batteries are used in almost everything... Are you willing to give up your cellphone, laptops, watch batteries, etc??
This is a dumb argument against EVs.
Ask those working at coal mines
@@jasono2139 Dumb? No it isn't. The better way is to use alternative elements for battery technology, something that doesn't catch fire or overly difficult to put out when it does. Maybe sodium-based, or if not, then hold off on this obsession with all things electric until a better battery technology is developed.
Government is supposed to work for us, not decide what kind of car we drive.
Please pass on your message to those who are still fast asleep. Great comment. 😎
Why do Oil Companies get Government subsidies and tax breaks..?
Because the government has put trillions of dollars into a gas automotive system that's destroying the planet. And they've helped build a system that makes it hard to make and sell EV's. They are beginning to see the error of their ways, and giving tax incentives to EV's is one way to help fix the problem.
@@Andrew_M_Ward oil companies do not get subsidies or tax breaks. That’s just another liar left wing talking point.
@@NateWoodbury the government did not do this, free enterprise did and that is a good thing. Fossil fuels are not destroying the planet and fossil fuels are the best energy for our economic growth.
Makes sense Senator..You always do..
Use the correct language; it's called a BRIBE. If you have to pay someone who, otherwise, would have chosen something different = a bribe!
It did not bribe me because I was already aware that I would not quallify for the rebate, since I am retired and do not have to pay taxes and trust me if you do file for it, it will not be given to you in cash. i am not worried about charging my auto because I bought the hybrid style and yes the hybrids get the same incentive. By buying a hybrid you can make it go all electric or you can make it go all gas or the mix of both.
If them electrical vehicles are so swell why hasn't Biden's presidential limousine been converted to electric?
It probably wouldn’t move after being up armored 😂
@@TheRhinestoneHurricane Electric semi trucks are in the works, which the administration is pushing for. So you'd think Biden would want to lead by example and have the "beast" converted.
@@TheRhinestoneHurricane 😂😅😂
And Air Force One.
A total of 389 applications worth $913 million were accepted to support purchase of 2,463 buses, 95% of which will be electric, the EPA said.
I love how those who get the EV tax credits shift the cost of their purchase onto the rest of us who can't afford to buy a golf cart.
I love how EV owners always go on and spout the low cost of electricity and cost per mile traveled vs Gas but NEVER EVER talk about the 50, 60, 70,000+ K Car Payment for 7 and 10 years ! or Insurance, Registration....come on guys Big Picture ! Car Payments should be the 1st cost factor. Can't they see COST is the # 1 factor.
If you think Car manufacturers are not using that "government rebate" as a means to just charge that much more and act like the price is lower than it is, you are wrong.
Why does the government have to give tax breaks to the automobile industry to build EVs if they are so great?
Why do they invite people to 'testify'/answer questions and allow these people to say crap that isn't anywhere near an answer!
Incentivize the purchase of the vehicles! That's what Kennedy was asking......."WHY"!
Why aren’t all government officials driving an EV car? If they’re so great, they should all be driving one.
They all get chauffeured around in armored escalades that get 5 miles to the gallon. Unless they need to travel a moderately far distance, then they take a private jet that burns more fuel in 1 trip than an f350 burns in a decade.
Yea, why aren't all government vehicles electric?
If Biden wants us all to drive EVs, he should junk, not sell, his '67 Corvette Sting Ray.
@@frdjr2527
Yep he should be forced to crush it
Um because they don't have the resources to modify EVs to ensure the safety of the politicians driving them. In the meantime the Biden Administration has mandated that the government purchase EVs to modernize the government fleets. Does that answer your question?
Every single politician and govt employee invested in anything to do with EV’s should be forced to divest immediately along with their family.
A better answer could be framed around economies of scale. Until the volume of units produced reaches a critical mass, the fixed costs of production distributed over fewer units makes them too expensive for a mass consumer population, this exasperating the problem.
Think about this! I live in the Southeast. If everyone was required to drive an EV and there was a mandatory evacuation for a hurricane. How on Gods green earth is everyone going to get out of town to a safer place before it hits? It is absolute mayhem now trying to get gas and it only takes 10 minutes to fill up(roughly). I feel quite sure it takes a little bit longer to recharge an EV!
In a hurricane zone, they should sell electric cars with a small gas generator in the trunk. One that you can run while driving. That would at least extend your driving range to get out of the hurricane zone. I live far enough from the coast that people evacuate to here, and even I wouldn't want an electric car, since it might be weeks before power is back to normal.
@@johngraesser4911 they already do. It’s called a hybrid electric vehicle.
As long as the EV is parked at home, it's charging up. If you're too stupid to just plug it in when you get home, you deserve that fate brought by the hurricane.
Great point Terry
I’m a Jersey Boy and pump my own gas start to finish probably less than 5 minutes
Much shorter than charging
@@jackdillon5903 that was just a stupid poorly thought-out comment. What do you do if the governor or the mayor of your town has already cut the power grid
Well if all E equipment is great. I know someone who bought a E lawnmower, a riding mower that lasted about 2 years . Now someone has to figure out what is wrong with it, and how to get parts for it. Cars will be the same way, just say’n .
They price us out of what they don't want us to do or have.
She hit it on the head the first time she spoke, to change peoples behavior.
Like accepting woke policies.
bingo
@@sarelvanwyk693Gosh I knoww saving the planet from global warning and catastrophic weather conditions is so woke politics. Lol. Shessh how ignorant can you be?
At the same time she hit it on the head she simply denied the reality that the government pays people to buy EV's.
Great point. He is a very smart guy.
When a politician cannot tell you what he or she is going to do for your country. I would think very hard who really deserves your vote. Food for thought!
None of these meetings ever matter as there aren't repercussions. It's just theatre.
God Bless John Kennedy. A True Patriot.
mules is good.
And still represents the American citizen.
@@yepyep340 👈🤡
@@davemartino5997 👈 sucker 🤡
There was a big elephant in the room nobody (esp. Ms Hopper) wanted to mention.
Just got to love this man. Senator, Please run for president.
If this were a sane world, one might suggest this;
If Congress cannot make these people answer the questions when given an opportunity to explain, then those agents must sit before a completely different board of representatives.... one which consists of us common folk, the taxpayers. They will have the authority to make these agents and their agencies pay for their obvious failures to the slaving "backbone" of this nation.
He never let her answer. Like all republicans they don’t care about knowing the truth they just want to hear themselves talk and take shots at the other side. Children
Wanting to read the other two response comments… but I couldn’t they were not there?
But I agree with this posted comment, in that I tend to believe the representatives are intentionally misleading the argument that affects the general public and population, of which would appear they are in conjunction with the NWO/WEF Guidelines and agenda.
And that won't work because they'd just fill them with people who are conservative and bias just like they are. It'll be the same thing. Asking irrelevant questions they already know the answers to. The government gives incentives to drive EVs so that we can cut carbon emissions. If everyone drove EVs there would be no need for big oil and gas companies. That's why these representatives are asking such asinine questions because they are owned by the big oil and gas lobbyists. They know or should know the average American can't go plunk for 50k for a brand new EV. These incentives help bare that burden.
Maybe ask those billionaires why they're getting better tax incentives and tax breaks than the ones earning under 50k a year. Or ask these billion and trillion dollarcompanies they they need such tax breaks when they don't need them. Ask why people in Congress got PPP loans forgiveness like Marjorie Taylor Greene to the tune of almost 200k but she opposes Bidens student debt relief plan. Those are far more relevant questions than the ones he's asking.
@@nomizak Let me explain the bogus tax breaks on EV's. The $7,500 tax credit a buyer can ONLY USE if they pay taxes at the end of the year! Surprise! Most people don't know this until their tax preparer tells them and then it's too late--and then you feel scammed by your own Government!
So, if my broke butt buys a $65K EV I won't be able to use that tax credit because I don't pay but $700 on- average every year. So, that's all I'll save ($700) unless I do something stupid like cash in my IRA before age 59.5 to afford the monthly payment (which the Gov't encourages because they want you dirt poor and dependant on them) to benefit from the $7,500 credit which will probably give me a $9K tax bill (aka: penalty for early IRA Withdrawl) at the end of the year, where I have to hope I can scrape up that extra $2k some way/how or have those armed IRS agents sent after me. As Pres. Reagan repeatedly stated "Gov't is the problem!"
What about ALL THE TERRIBLE FIRES FROM THEM ALL OVER!!!! THEY ARENT SAFE!!!
The fact that she blithely accepts that government policies are in effect to influence the behavior of the people tells us a lot about the bureaucratic mind. The people should influence the government. It should never be the other way around.
So Senator Kennedy shouldn't be able to take over $1.3 million from oil and gas companies and then try to make electric cars look bad at a public hearing? Agreed
Just look at the smug look on that ignorant face of hers ! She knows that the only people benefiting from electric vehicles are stock holders like herself !!!
That's what you call a "BURN"
"I wouldn't say we're paying them." That's the same mindset as those who say people receive government benefits, "For free."
OK Scott I'll say it for you. We are paying them. Those people that are in need of government benefits do receive them for free. They are not paying taxes as persons in the lower 50% of income pay almost no Federal Taxes. So yes they are receiving them for free. Again I said it for you.
@@wolfman6252 Dang, really. You stand by that? So short sighted and not well thought out. You and I paid for them, so they're not free. And, welfare causes inflation and devaluing of the dollar, so the recipient is paying in that way if they're not paying taxes. You should be old enough to realize there is no free lunch. It's unreal how people are willing to show their ignorance in public like you just did.
"We are not paying them, we are just giving them an incentive". By paying them!
Government officials lie so much that they believe themselves! 🤦
How come the Federal Government has to subsidize Petroleum industry for gasoline cars??
I love this man
So do the oil and gas companies who have given him over $1.3 million to shill for them
@@robroilen4441 you don't use oil or gas?
@@lisawess6448 Of course I do, but I'm not an elected representative who has real influence over policy
@Rob Roilen do you believe he is the only one on both sides
Senator John Kennedy is such a good man,
Based on that comment alone - I question if my next car will be all electric
GMC sold only two (that's right 2) EV Hummers in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023. Used market for these you will pay about $175,000 or more.
Any moron that pays that much for that junk.Shouldn’t be driving they should be riding in a short bus 🚌
is that you Arnold Schwarzenenegger
Hey Genius... the only way you can have a used car market where the Hummer is selling for $175K more is if you sold more than (2) Hummers. I think your stats are CRAP.
@@davebarton6824 It was an Arab sheik and he bought BOTH. Once the ashtrays are full in the first one, he'll sell it. There's your resale market!
That's a lie!.... I live in beautiful santa Barbara California and I've seen over 10 just here! Stop with the lies
Senator Kennedy is awesome 💯