https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kb9ae/joe-manchin-opposes-tax-incentives-for-union-made-evs-on-behalf-of-toyota-which-doesnt-have-unions-or-an-ev

Joe Manchin, a Senator from West Virginia and anthropomorphic wet blanket, has once again come out in opposition to a favored Democratic policy that would help people. In this case, Manchin said he is opposed to a provision in the Build Back Better agenda that would give an extra $4,500 in tax credits to electric vehicles built by union labor in the U.S. This credit would be on top of the expanded $7,500 in credits available to any electric vehicle.

Like all of his other positions regarding the Build Back Better agenda, Manchin claims his opposition is due to some broad concern about government interference in the free market economy. “We shouldn’t use everyone’s tax dollars to pick winners and losers,” Manchin said, as if it is outside a company’s control whether they oppose unionization efforts at their facilities that have proven to raise the living standards of people who work there.