And that’s why I’m calling on Congress to pass fleet modernization legislation that can provide a credit to consumers who turn in old cars and purchase cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars. (emphasis added)Notice that he promises a credit, and not, like, actual money. In the article I found here, the "credit" is most likely a tax credit, and won't amount to much, certainly nowhere near enough to cover buying a brand new Pelosi GT.
Using the phrase turn in, sounds like other options may well not be available. Oh well, if it keeps the peasants from cluttering up the roads, it's for the best. And the earth. And the children.
Letters or e-mails to the white house are in order here to demand further clarification. As we've been told, nobody making under $250,000 will be paying enough in taxes to make the credit worth much, and if I turn in an old, but serviceable vehicle to the government, it will deprive someone further down the food chain of personal transportation. This sounds, you know, regressive to me, and the left whines a lot about being against that.
Thanks to Insty for the link to Paxety Pages.
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And here I thought that the actual effect of making new cars was a waste of natural resources. That you could drive that old clunker, burning oil and wasting fuel, for many years before burning off the energy it takes to make that new car.
If there was really an interest in preserving the environment, they would penalize people for trading cars before they were 4-5 years old. But I guess Oh! Bummer! wouldn't be making as much graft from his new car company.
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