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Yahoo News
by Ari Blaff
Fri, April 21, 2023

Rather than vote in favor of a motion banning the unlawful possession of catalytic converters — a valuable automotive part — Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles councilwoman, voted against the measure and blamed car manufacturers for making the part too easy to steal.

“In this case, I think one of the things that infuriates me, is that we have a company — whatever, Toyota — who makes the Prius, that essentially has a device on their cars which is super easy to remove. It’s basically the value of a MacBook, right?” the Democratic lawmaker said.

“That is put in a place that is incredibly easy to access in your car and the thefts related to this issue have essentially — all of the costs of that — are given to us to bear instead of them [Toyota] having to manufacture a car that actually is not so easy to be stolen,” the Harvard-educated Raman added.

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Toyota should have the cars explode when their catalytic converters are being stolen.

At first it would be messy, but after all the catalytic converter thieves are killed off, we could go back to worrying about being carjacked or worrying about people stealing gasoline from our cars' tanks.

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“That is put in a place that is incredibly easy to access in your car and the thefts related to this issue have essentially — all of the costs of that — are given to us to bear instead of them [Toyota] having to manufacture a car that actually is not so easy to be stolen,” the Harvard-educated Raman added.

I guess 'Harvard-educated' translated to plain English means moron. I guess being Harvard educated means you can't comprehend basic economics and how costs of manufacturing are born by the consumers. She wants those consumers living in low crime areas to share the cost living in a high crime area.

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Like with guns, it's the battery operated tool manufacturers who are at fault. Were it not for battery operated sawzalls, cats would be much harder to steal.

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Like with guns, it's the battery operated tool manufacturers who are at fault. Were it not for battery operated sawzalls, cats would be much harder to steal.

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Well there is always

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Yes there is... But getting the room to swing a pipe cutter between the frame and the transmission ain't like back in the good ol days, Jussayin.

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Well there is always

Soon you'll need a permit with background check to buy one...

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Like with guns, it's the battery operated tool manufacturers who are at fault. Were it not for battery operated sawzalls, cats would be much harder to steal.

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Nithya V. Raman is an American urban planner, activist, and politician serving as the Los Angeles City Councilmember. Raman, a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America

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