It did directly effect people when it was passed though, is my point. No one went to work the day after the NLRA was passed without having it directly effect both their work and their lives.

Most people aren’t shopping for a used car, especially not a used EV, they’re trying to survive in one of the worst periods of US economics in the last 40 years for the lower classes. EV credits are just middle class and up giveaways. The E-Bike program in my city has had more of a material effect on the lives of the lower classes than ALL of the EV credits put together.

My point is, people are material beings, and their perceptions are colored by their material reality. When someone is going around touting how good their policy is while the majority of the country is struggling just to make ends meet, and will never have a chance to benefit from things like EV credits, its not going to win any supporters that weren’t already on your side, and in fact risks alienating those on the fence.