They’ll Buy That For A Dollar!
Clever idea – make an ugly SUV with more faults out of the factory than any other available consumer vehicle, name it after a slang term for blowjobs, then ensure it qualifies for a special “heavy as fuck” tax dodge.
“Allow me to introduce you to a fabulous opportunity,” Chris Thorpe, a sales representative for Hummer of Alaska, writes in a promotion letter. “A tax ‘loophole’ so big you could drive a Hummer H2 through it! Imagine being able to purchase the #1 large luxury SUV in America today . . . and receive a deduction for the entire purchase amount from your taxes this year!” “How is this possible?” … “Thanks to the Bush administration’s recent economic stimulus package, small businesses and the self-employed are eligible to deduct the entire purchase cost of new equipment up to $100,000 the year of the purchase.” … “The Hummer H2 qualifies for this IRS Sec. 179 deduction by its gross vehicle weight of over 6,000 lbs. Cars and medium sized SUV’s don’t qualify for this deduction,”