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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At the time the law was passed, the carve out was for work trucks which made a minority of the market. Possibly less than 10%, but they also put tariffs on the light trucks imported from Asia, and so now almost 30 years later we have the situation we've got now.

We need to revoke the tariffs on the light trucks for normal people.

Also make it so you have to have a business licence to buy them, and a CDL to drive these "work trucks"

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone make light trucks anymore? Even Toyotas are 3x bigger than they used to be.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Isuzu still has a light truck division, and the Asian market still has loads of smaller vehicles, we just need to get off this "tank obsession" here in the US

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

In Europe we have vans, they use barely more fuel than regular cars (at least until the really big ones) and can be used for just about any trade.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We also need to get rid of the chicken tax

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Someone must be. Every time I am in Asia I see mini pickups. Would love to have one for my work.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I looked everywhere for a truck of normal size when I was truck shopping. Midsized trucks are bigger now than full sized trucks were when I was younger. The only way to get a small one in the USA is to buy something that's old.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Those damn chickens ruining light truck imports.