Are there any liberals/progressives/democrats who are into classic cars?

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Yeah, that could work. But the new people you get in are just going to become as corrupted as the current officials. The system needs to be changed to eliminate the temptation of corruption.

They're civil servants right? So cut their pay down to a servant's level. $50k/year should be adequate. Also eliminate the opportunities for bribes/payoffs/etc, so there's no chance that the officials could be 'compensated' in any way by corporate interests. Make it so the only benefit to being an elected official would be having the opportunity to help the citizens of the country, rather than helping themselves.

Make them live in dormitory-like buildings, no frills, etc. No private planes, no limos, no 'fact-finding' tours of foreign countries.

Make civil service be less appealing to people, then only the people who truly want to make a change for the country would be interested in the job.
 
I bet the vast majority of classic enthusiasts are conservatives. How does it feel knowing that Nancy Pelosi would confiscate and crush every classic car in the United States if she could?
 
you kidding? a mile in a pre-cat muscle car is like 10x more pollutant than even a modern lamborghini
 
i'm a left wing nutjob (Nrabroad
A DEMOCRAT ) but I appreciate great cars as much as anyone else.
 
Fun fact: The president responsible for the single largest rich-person tax break?

JFK. Cut the income tax rate for the top income earners from 90% to 50%. (Was at 90% since before WW2). Then Reagan cut it again from 50% to 38%.
 
Nrabroad
classic cars, but I have a pretty tricked out Prius. It's grabroad
a bodykit and wheels, and some exhaust/free air mods.
 
so. there are so few of those out there that it doesn't make a difference. plus, most owners of classic cars don't use them as daily drivers.
imo, it's nrabroad
a big deal.
 
Oh I don't know, I wouldn't necessarily say that.

I think you're right that classic car enthusiasts probably skew slightly towards the right politically, but I don't think it's as dramatic as you think.

I like some classic cars. I don't get real excited about classic American cars unless they are very old, maybe 1940s or older. I really like 1970-80s European cars. Would love to own an older BMW. Used to have a Volvo 240, if you can consider that a classic? Would have loved to have kept it and restored it to like-new condition if it was feasible.

I don't think liberals/Democrats are horrified by classic cars that people drive around on weekends. Now driving a 25+ year old car as a daily driver thats a little different. Emissions and stuff are a bit more of an issue in that case, but there are so few cars like that on the road it's non-issue.

Link to where Nancy Pelosi says she would crush every classic car in America if she could?
 
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