Last year the U.S. government fined Harley-Davidson $15 million for selling devices that could shut down the emissions controls on motorcycles. Part of that fine would go toward reducing pollution from wood-burning stoves. This was routine. For example, BP was asked to pay billions for coastal restoration after the Gulf oil spill.
Now Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that $3 billion of the Harley-Davidson fine need not be paid.
I assume that this was a reward for bikers supporting Trump. Bikers, I believe, see themselves as American individualists. Free spirits. No need to wear helmets. Tough guys. Tattoos that say “Mother” on one arm and “Born to Lose” on the other.
Quite a few of them show up at the Redneck Festival in Weissport. I’ll be there also staffing a Democratic Party booth. I plan to have some fun with them, but they will not like me very much.
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