california where they can sell cars directly to consumers. the manufacturers, selling directly through their own show rooms. and you can also order a tesla on line in california. but in rick perry s texas, automobile sales are much, much more regulated by the government. because the automobile dealerships demand it. so that they can maintain their monopolies over the sale of new cars. in texas, new cars can only be sold by automobile dealership and never directly by the manufacturer. so tesla has show rooms in texas, which they call galleries, because texas law prevents tesla from selling cars to their manufacturers in their show rooms. but about 700 texans have done that, and tesla is committed to
consumers. no dealership middlemen there, none of that stuff. of course, the industry feels threatened by that. and the new model of sales and so car dealers have been lobbying state legislatures around the country to block tesla wherever they can. tesla is a silicon valley start-up. and the tesla cars are made in california. and that liberal regulation, heavy state of california actually allows tesla to do business any way it wants to. so tesla has show rooms in california where they can sell cars directly to consumers. the manufacturers, selling directly through their own show rooms. and you can also order a tesla on line in california. but in rick perry s texas, automobile sales are much, much more regulated by the government. because the automobile dealerships demand it. so that they can maintain their
sell cars in this country. and exactly which cars they can sell. automobile dealerships have successfully located for laws that prevent general motors or ford or any manufacturer from directly selling their cars to the public. now, think about just how crazy that is. and think about it while you re holding your phone. the iphone, you can buy it directly from the manufacturer, apple, you can do it on line at apple s website or you can walk into one of apple s beautiful stores, powers of electronic temptation. or you can walk to the counter and chat up a genius. or you can buy one of these iphones at best buy or all sorts of independent stores and on-line vendors. there is no limit to how many different ways you can buy this little thing, legally buy a new iphone this this country.
worship, just worship free market economics. but those politicians are in the pockets of tesla s competitors. that is what i call a scandal. a real political scandal. the brilliantly innovative electric car company tesla is showing that the time has come to rewrite our laws on selling cars. now, i know many of you probably didn t realize that there are laws governing exactly who can sell cars in this country. and exactly which cars they can sell. automobile dealerships have successfully located for laws that prevent general motors or ford or any manufacturer from directly selling their cars to the public. now, think about just how crazy that is. and think about it while you re holding your phone. the iphone, you can buy it directly from the manufacturer, apple, you can do it on line at apple s website or you can walk
source and i stand by the source that i cited at the time. and, the previous question that you gangster government. yes. well i think it is gangster government. when you have president obama, taking away the property rights of the secured preferred bond holders of chrysler, and, essentially giving their private property interests over to the unions interest in chrysler and we had over 3400 pink slips given to dealerships by the automobile task force and these are privately owned and held automobile dealerships and the federal government pulled the rug out from under those dealerships, and, essentially, took away their private property interests, and that is a gangster government when government makes the decision, as opposed to the free market, about who will win and who will not survive, and, if you are politically connected you survive and if you aren t, you don t. that is a gangster government. chris: finally, congresswoman, one last question, about explicitly about the camp