Posted on 02/15/2024 9:55:34 AM PST by John Semmens
The Biden Administration has declared that elite locales like Montauk and Fishers Island in New York, and parts of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts are eligible for low-income area electric vehicle (EV) charger subsidies.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained "here's the deal. The only people who can afford EVs are people with high incomes. Spending some of this high income on expensive EVs effectively lowers their income relative to the rest of the population."
"More importantly, the early adoption of EVs by the wealthier segment of the population is essential if we hope to displace our dependency on gasoline-powered vehicles," Buttigieg continued. "Strategically, this requires ample extractions from the public treasury because purely voluntary purchases won't be sufficient because the EV doesn't offer enough value to consumers to justify them buying one from an economic perspective. Look, we're already subsidizing the purchase of the EV. Why shouldn't we also subsidize whatever else is needed to make it work like the President wants it to work?"
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“Spending some of this high income on expensive EVs effectively lowers their income relative to the rest of the population.”
Income is IN COMING. Spending is OUT GOING. Spending does not change IN COMING.
I was arguing with a liberal uncle in law about the amount of tax dollars he got to put solar panels on his massive beach home. He was so happy that Biden gave him so much “FREE” money that is saving him huge amounts on his electricity and heating bills. I asked why his grand daughter, who lives in a crappy apartment and works as a waitress, should pay for his solar panels while he is comfortably wealthy and could have easily paid cash for the installation. He was left dumbfounded but is a committed leftist (who made his fortune in banking of all things) and one thing leftists love is having other people pay for their lifestyle.
look up the word, “satire,” and then read the name of the man who is talking about the spending....
jus’ sayin’
Since the rich are the only ones who can afford to buy EVs, it makes perfect sense.......
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