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<p>Garry, some years back, the automobile industry was really down here as well. In order to save jobs, our government introduced a premium to boost sales of new, supposedly cleaner cars, resulting in hundreds of thousand of perfectly running old cars being sent the wrecker. The system paid more than just for itself. The premium was Euro 2,000 and the average VAT amount collected on each sale was Euro 2,800. It was a clever scheme, everybody was just happy - the government collected a nice amount of additional VAT, the industry sold plenty of new cars, the banks were happy, too, financing all these car sales. Only those too poor to buy a new car or get a bank loan for it, were the once kicked in the backside. No old and affordable cars on the market, and now, many years later - no used spare parts around. Take it from the poor, give it to the rich.</p> <p>Vinnie, no need to get the soapbox out, I won´t go on from here.</p>
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