rssNote to Michigan Dems: Cash-for-Clunkers Still Contradicts New Federal Mileage Standards
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 5:52 pm
- 7 Comments
Yesterday, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) introduced an amendment ostensibly aimed at getting gas guzzlers off the streets in favor of more fuel efficient vehicles. As Aaron pointed out earlier this week, it really isn’t designed to do that at all, instead offering thousands of dollars to car buyers if they pluck large and otherwise unwanted vehicles off of America’s bursting lots.
Indeed, under the proposal someone who turns in a vehicle getting 18 miles per gallon could be eligible for a $3,500 credit on a car getting 22 mpg. The credit would jump to $4,500 if the newly purchased car gets at least 28 mpg.
Three questions spring immediately to mind: (1) Why is this program encouraging sales of cars so far below even this year’s average efficiency standard of 27.5 mpg? (2) How is this program going to meld with last month’s White House announcement that, in the name of cutting emissions, new cars must get fleet-wide averages of 39 mpg by 2016? And (3) why are Michigan Democrats still pretending this is an environmental effort?
Answer quickly. The Senate could vote on the amendment as early as this evening.
7 Comments
Comment posted June 3, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
Mike, responding to your first question… CAFE standard has been 27.5mpg since 1990. Even if you trade in a clunker with 12mpg and buy a car with 22mpg, you've nearly halved your carbon output and oil consumption. This is where the biggest improvement can be made quickly. The Feinstein bill in the senate is more aggressive than Stabenow's bill for environmental improvements.
Comment posted June 3, 2009 @ 4:22 pm
does this only apply to junk trades, is there a model year cut off?
Comment posted June 3, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
cash for clunkers is the Senate proposal. Is the house amendment only including clunkers??
Comment posted June 3, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
HEY MIKEY !!!!
U DONT HAVE A CLUE !!!!!!!!!
READ WHAT U WROTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND BUY THE WAY , THIS ISENT EVEN “CLOSE” TO 2016 , DA !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment posted June 5, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
This bill will put every charity car donation program out of business since the amount of the voucher would be much more than the tax deduction. The solution is to allow a charity to issue the voucher for an eligible car in lieu of a tax dedcution. The charity would then junk the car in accordance wuth the law. Everyone would win, the car dealer, car maker, car buyer and charity.
Comment posted June 5, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
This bill will put every charity car donation program out of business since the amount of the voucher would be much more than the tax deduction. The solution is to allow a charity to issue the voucher for an eligible car in lieu of a tax dedcution. The charity would then junk the car in accordance wuth the law. Everyone would win, the car dealer, car maker, car buyer and charity.
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