Has the government ever before said that it will force people owning old cars to get rid of those cars? Old houses to get rid of those houses?
But it now thinks it can force people owning a prior generation of wood stoves to get rid of those stoves?
Do not we own our own property anymore?
No, we do not. We occupy our property at the pleasure of the government.
“Has the government ever before said that it will force people owning old cars to get rid of those cars?”
I don’t see where the article says people will be _forced_ to get rid of their old stoves. Demanding higher standards for selling them is different.
Remember Cash For Clunkers? While it didn’t _force_ people to destroy old cars instead of selling them, it did make it financially infeasible to resell.
Once the Fedgov got it past SCOTUS that they could force people to buy something it's just a very small step to forcing folks to get rid of private property of any kind.
Liberals/Progressives are patient. They use baby steps to get their agenda to be canonized.
California had smoke Nazis whose sole job was to drive around and look at chimneys. I imagine they still do.
“Has the government ever before said that it will force people owning old cars to get rid of those cars?”
Yep. If your car does not pass smog and it is not repairable, it goes.
THey did it with trucks in CA. Any commercial vehicle in CA must have a 2010 or new engine or be retro fitted with a $18000 pollution device by 1 Jan 2015 or it goes. I think by some future date there are to be no old trucks on the road. I think eventually they will extend this to cars.