The Dallas Morning News reports the Lone Star State is spending $100m to get gas-guzzling, smog-spewing old cars off the road in the metro DFW and Houston areas. The program, which began taking applications last December, provides vouchers to low-income families who have cars that are at least 10 years old. The vouchers can be used as a down payment on a new or late-model used car ($3K voucher) or up to one-year-old hybrid ($3.5K) at dealers who participate in the "Air Check Texas" program. It's a pretty popular program, as you can imagine. Freeman Toyota has sold 80 cars to voucher holders so far, and Lone Star Chrysler-Plymouth-Jeep has 50 sales completed or pending, most of them used car sales. The program is expected to exhaust its funds for this fiscal year by summer, but there are already funds set aside for FY09. Justifiable environmental intervention or a greenwashed subsidy for local car dealers? The Dallas Morning News »
Why don't they do this with
Old Washer/Dryer or
Old Refrigerator
Old Heating and Cooling Unit(s)
Old House
Why not Old People?
Give your old washer/dryer, the govt can give you the new one. Take your grand parents to govt, they will get you newer, younger, and fresher grand parents.
Where does this cradle to Grave end?
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