So I’m working on one, and it goes a little something like this…..
Pat over at the Judicious Asiniity blog has done some number crunching and figured out that under the Dem’s $825 billion “economic recovery bill”, each household will have to contribute $8250. But instead of cutting our taxes buy $8250 per household, they’re going to spend it on intangibles.
So, I’m keeping my eyes peeled to try and find a way to get some or all of that money back and I see this other Dem idea come across the wires (via TRE)
Congress is mulling a proposal to pay people to get rid of those old gas guzzlers sitting in their driveways.
Under legislation introduced Wednesday in both the House and Senate and called the “Cash for Clunkers” program, drivers could get vouchers of up to $4,500 when they turn in their old fuel-inefficient vehicles for scrapping and buy vehicles that get good gas mileage.
A “free” $4500, you say? Hmmm.
It just so happens that I have a 1974 Ford F-250 I’m trying to get rid of. I paid $500 for it and it gets about 8mpg.
Depending on their requirements for the “good gas mileage” I could either get a fun little commuter Gen I Toyota MR2 (like this little cutie) or a Gen II turbo (like this one), each gets 25-30mpg. Or if I need to tell them the make and model of what I’m getting, I could pick up this well done AE86 Corolla.
But I suspect that there’ll be model year requirements and such, so it doesn’t really matter what I get, so long as I can sell it for cash (or another voucher that I can redeem for cash).
For now, just watching and waiting.
Well, they sure are dumb bastards.
Didn’t Kali try this program over 20 years ago to get rid of older, more air-polluting cars?
As I recall, it was a total failure, since almost all of the cars turned in were non-running junkers sitting on someone’s back lot (or in the street in some neighborhoods).
The program failed, in that it did not reduce the daily level of smog at all.
Reminds me of gun turn-ins. I have turned in a total of 3 handguns, none of which were reliable shooters, and all of which were in unreliable defense calibers (32ACP and 38S&W).
Before this law takes effect, if it does, I will cruise the curbstone sales lots and pick up a couple of $300 hupdies to turn in, because my fleet needs updating.