Kevin Rudd’s $6 Billion Donation to Toyota for Hybrid Cars

by admin on June 29, 2009

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movieklump June 30, 2009 at 2:34 pm: Rudd is a christian and so is Garett. Dumb Christians believing in Santa Claus, Enough said.
Rockguitarnow June 30, 2009 at 9:25 pm: Yes Cyrius, that does sound like a strange expenditure of money.

Is that $6 billion being spent within Australia, to create Australian jobs?

And was that money actually a donation? It sounds hard to believe.

If true, then a citizen’s group in Australia should file a lawsuit to prevent it or reverse it.

Rock on !
Yakovich July 1, 2009 at 6:51 pm: The hardest thing about driving a hybrid is explaining to your parents that you’re gay…
QRhuggies July 4, 2009 at 1:02 pm: Oh what a feeling!
Odziz July 6, 2009 at 2:16 am: Kevin Rudd’s $6 Billion Donation to Toyota, boy is he a dumb ass. Prius sales have dropped through the floor worldwide.
Cyrius01 July 9, 2009 at 3:46 am: Good point – though for sure if we spent $6B on electric vehicle industry development, and looked for transport solutions that were cheap, sustainable AND good for our local manufacturing industry, we might even find solutions – just not a Toyota-style heavy industry. More likely an industry of solar recharging units, local buggy-style cars, made of alternative materials, or whatever. 6 Billion would certainly have helped it along instead of handing cash Toyota.
Rowdyeh July 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm: Still, the car industry will eventually disappear in Australia because we cannot compete with cheap overseas labour, simple as that. These funds will just support it for a few years more. Then what? mining and tourism will be all we have. After 10 years of Howard the decline is looking fatal for most manufacturing industry in Australia, sad isn’t it?

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