Posted on 11/30/2013 8:06:43 AM PST by artichokegrower
SACRAMENTO — One longtime critic of federal transportation spending once concluded that it would be less expensive for the government to buy every new transit rider a Jaguar XJ8 than it would be to build certain new rail systems. Unfortunately, California officials may not have realized that the idea of buying people new cars wasn’t a serious proposal as much as a way to illustrate a point about excessive spending.
The California Air Resources Board is now embarking on a program that would help poor people buy energy-efficient vehicles. In one scenario posed by the agency, a “voucher” might even pay the full price for a Nissan Leaf, an electric car with an MSRP above $21,000, or for used cars with lower price tags.
In a staff report released on Nov. 19, the agency analyzes its Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program authorized in 2007. Funded by a $1 surcharge on vehicle registrations, the $30-million-a-year program is essentially a “cash for clunkers” deal. It provides motorists with $1,000 to $1,500 to retire their high-polluting vehicles.
(Excerpt) Read more at utsandiego.com ...
“All I gots to say is dat car better have a big-azz trunk cause I buy lotsa groceries the first of da month cause dat when my EBT card get mo free money.”
“I got another question...can I gets my ObamaPhone hooked up to da dashboard so I can do hands-free calling?”
“An y’all gonna gib me gas too, right? How I’m spose to drive it if’n I ain’t got no gas?”
Excellent! With $1,500 I can easily put four new radials on my high-polluting vehicle and have enough left over for a bitchin' stereo system.
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