New Jersey bans Tesla direct sales.

[KingsGambit]

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/11/auto...html?hpt=hp_t3

I'm unconvinced by the alleged rationale (price competition, more recourse for consumers).

[Paprika]

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/11/auto...html?hpt=hp_t3

I'm unconvinced by the alleged rationale (price competition, more recourse for consumers).

Middlemen result in increased costs.

[Darth Executor]

I fully approve. It's a nice way to keep more people in fake jobs to patch up the reality that more and more people are becoming economic dead weight.

[KingsGambit]

Middlemen result in increased costs.

Thus the "more recourse" - the special interests are pumping up access to recalls, etc. to divert from the corresponding price increases.

[robrecht]

It is merely vested interests (auto dealers association) successfully lobbying the government to limit their competition, ie, crony capitalism.