[Grizzled Bear]

Lots of people will shell out this type of money. And the buyers of a luxury Lexus or BMW are not the same people who will buy the Volt. It's going to be next to impossible to get a Volt for the next two years as the units scheduled for production will easily sell out.

Let them pay for them without my tax dollars.

Do any of you Volt detractors think the Wright Brothers could have started out with a 747?

How much did the Wright Brothers receive from Uncle Sugar before Kitty-hawk? Later, after they proved a success, the government purchased their planes and services. The early aircraft was tested for military uses, especially reconnaissance.

The government handouts do not fit this criteria.

[thulldud]

How much did the Wright Brothers receive from Uncle Sugar before Kitty-hawk?

Uncle was throwing money at Samuel Langley while the Wrights were developing real flyable aircraft on a shoestring budget.