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Originally Posted by Chris - Melb
That makes sense to me. If they spread the love amongst the three manufacturers they might find they don't have prop up the industry quite as much and so should save taxpayers money in the long run.
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But fundamentally its protectionism which doesn't lead to effective competition by the local manufacturers.
R&D tax breaks and so on go some way towards matching what some of the overseas manufacturers get so I guess that's the argument for it.
Anyway the Govt is popping up industries ALL over not just cars.