Quote Originally Posted by kitsons View Post
Sugarcane alcohol naman will directly compete withour drinking habits kaya gudbye na sa sa kasayahan sa tomaan. He he, hirap masyadong serioyoso.
Well... it would give those bums one less reason to stay home or on the street drinking, so they can actually go out and find work instead of relying on their wives and kids...

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*jpdm: It hurts native assemblers, yes... but the vehicles covered by the ban are not the type of vehicles competing with natively-assembled jeeps, which are used for business.

In fact, trucks used for business are exempt from the law... as are buses. That hurts local assemblers and fabricators for bus bodies.

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And, in terms of environment... a secondhand Japanese car of five years of age is better, emissions wise, than a locally assembled car with that same secondhand Japanese engine, but without the emissions devices attached to the exhaust. They're not junk. Which is why they sell. The big loophole in importation of these old cars is that they are not properly taxed... if they were assessed taxes equivalent to bringing in brand new Japanese cars, and conversions not using OEM-spec left-hand drive equipment were outlawed, then the market for cheap, un-roadworthy imports would dry up completely... though still leave room for those who want to import specialized vehicles which are not available locally for use in business... without leaving loopholes in the law big enough to drive an 18-wheeler through.