Truth is that most owners of Hummers could afford to eat the difference between blue book and what they can sell it for: it is about the actual value of the tax break they got for buying it.  My accountant showed me how a married person making $125,000/year could qualify for the earned income tax credit by buying a Hummer, with the tax incentives then in effect.  I believe that was in 2007.

Far from them needing breaks, we have already given them breaks at the IRS.

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