Posted on 09/20/2006 10:24:18 AM PDT by eraser2005
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California filed suit against Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F - News), General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM - News), Toyota Motor Corp. (Tokyo:7203.T - News) and three other carmakers on Wednesday, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have cost the state millions of dollars.
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In principle, these lawsuits are no different from the lawsuits filed against gun manufacturers for "causing crime".
The automakers should refuse to ship any spare parts to the state.
I am really beginning to think that the only way this s--- is going to stop is by force.
Easy solution. Don't sell cars in California, but I know states like Connecticut (my state) will soon follow.
If I were the CEO of a company named in this suit, I would start terminating all business operations in the state immediately, to include fleet sales and service contract renewals not completed.
I would then demand an unreasonable sum of money--payable annually--from the state government to resume operations.
And Dems can't figure out how 40+ years of Liberalism has out-forced our industry overseas????
This is tobacco suits.
What next, sue property owners for "causing dirt"?
Even the saintly Toyota? hah!
And the extortion begins/continues...
"Easy solution. Don't sell cars in California, but I know states like Connecticut (my state) will soon follow"
Easier would be to move all of your jobs out of California. Let them try to eat cake then.
i've been waiting for this since tobacco and gun makers have been sued.
so now, what kind of cars does the state government use?
Well, Arnold is allowing this. Nothing new here folks.
This is what it's all about.
What lawsuits have done to the aviation industry is about to occur to the automotive industry if not stopped NOW.
It'll get to where 2/3 of the price of an auto will be to cover lawsuits and a stripped-down model $20,000 auto will cost the consumer $60-80k.
IMO, if the autos met federal emmission standards at the time of sale, the state should be told "Go get screwn".
They found a new way to help balance the budget.
The state should sue all the drivers of the vehicles. It is a well-known fact that non-driven vehicles don't pollute.
I had to check the source of this to make sure it wasn't from Scrappleface.
Seems like a misuse of tax payer funds by the state to pursue this.
that is what they want.
The tried to do this with guns, now the envirowackos are doing this with cars.
of course who will sell them the busses? China?
Stupidity, I think, has just been redefined. This is like your liver suing your pancreas because it enables you to drink too much coffee.
I think CA is about to go under due to chronic mismanagement - and that Arnold is too weak (and too leftist) a Governor to prevent the inevitable. Is it still true the LA police cannot even enter neighborhoods in LA, due to the dangers of the gangs?
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