Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on a bill prohibiting car manufacturers from using direct-sales models.

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I would like to see someone explain how restricting buying options is a good thing that lines up with “conservative ideals”?

Just answer a simple question: why should anyone believe this is anything but a blatant example of regulatory capture and legal bribery?

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“Pro-business”, as long as the business exists to extract as much profit as possible from consumers.

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Pro bloodsucking middlemen.

Protecting the god given right to extract as much money from the common pleb as can be wrung out of them.

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Party of small government at it again! Gotta love their version of the free market.

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So this literally just protects existing dealerships instead of creating more dealerships for EVs

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His boy Elon won’t like this one bit.

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Electric car manufacturers are specifically exempt.

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So then what’s the point of this law?

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To help tesla and hurt the competition a bit.

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