John McCain to push new measures to lower auto emissions (tax credits to buy "cleaner" cars)

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 6/23/08 | Jeff Mason

[NormsRevenge]

PHOENIX (Reuters) - John McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy "cleaner" cars.

According to excerpts of his speech obtained by Reuters, the Republican presidential candidate will call for auto manufacturers to speed up the process of making engines that can use alcohol-based fuels.

"Whether it takes a meeting with automakers during my first month in office, or my signature on an act of Congress, we will meet the goal of a swift conversion of American vehicles away from oil," he will say.

The Arizona senator who has wrapped up his party's White House nomination, will also propose tax incentives to prod Americans to buy vehicles that produce less pollution.

"For every automaker who can sell a zero-emissions car, we will commit a $5,000 tax credit for each and every customer who buys that car," he will say.

"For other vehicles, whatever type they may be, the lower the carbon emissions, the higher the tax credit."

McCain will say that the existing financial penalties levied on car makers for not complying with fuel efficiency standards -- known as U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) -- are too low.

[NormsRevenge]

the news before it's news. :-}

[NormsRevenge]

Everyone have a safe summer vacation and safe travels wherever ya go. and rest easy .. Big Gub is lookin' out for ya.

Everywhere except at the pump. ;-)

Traffic is backed up at a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza jn a file photo. McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy 'cleaner' cars. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

[Para-Ord.45]

same old same old. politicians trying to pick the winners and losers in business with subsidies

[NormsRevenge]

I hear McCain is giving this speech in FResno today.

Did you get an invite? :-)

Hope your feeling well.

[kcm.org]

Sen. McCain just call for full investigations and jail time for T-bone pickens, Warren Buffette and George Soros for the pain and suffering they caused American working men and women with their scheme to skyrocket crude...

[griswold3]

Geez!!

[crz]

Hey Johnny! How Bout getting your buns back to DC and intro legislation (or strike old legislation) that would in fact allow us to DRILL HERE AND DRILL NOW?..WHEREVER THE OIL MAY BE!

Friggan idiots!

Time to end being sheeple and start hanging these CONgressturds one at a time.

[NormsRevenge]

Oh man. If true, It’s tough being the evil rich these days.. lol

Who would Mccain have as AG? I hear
Nifong is available. ;-)

What a crazy season... and we ain’t even started

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I agree with jailing George Soros for a variety of reasons.

[rhombus]

the Republican presidential candidate will call for auto manufacturers to speed up the process of making engines that can use alcohol-based fuels.

Now we're talkin'... a still in every garage!

[Parmy]

Did I just hear a Coo-Coo bird squawk?

[devere]

Take your pick: it’s the red versus the airhead.

[from occupied ga]

John McCain to push new measures to lower auto emissions (tax credits to buy "cleaner" cars)

And this moron is supposed to appeal to conservatives? He's looking more and more like Obama every day.

[kjo]

Now, go ahead....someone tell me why a conservative should vote for Captain Amnesty?

[NormsRevenge]

after speech article

McCain calls for $300 million prize for car battery
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2035206/posts

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"For every automaker who can sell a zero-emissions car, we will commit a $5,000 tax credit for each and every customer who buys that car," he will say.

"For other vehicles, whatever type they may be, the lower the carbon emissions, the higher the tax credit."

Spoken like the true big government tool that he is.

"Let's see: first, we, the government, are going to confiscate a portion of your income. Then, IF you do what we want you to do, we'll give some of your money back to you. Doesn't that sound like a good deal?"

Tax "incentives" are nothing more than government coercion - holding your money hostage to force you to act/live/think as the power hungry scum in DC want you to.

McCain becomes more reprehensible by the day...

[driftdiver]

More reprehensible than Obama?

[True Republican Patriot]

By the time this clown stops shooting himself in the foot, he will be the first presidential candidate ever to NOT get even one vote from his party! Its turning out the only Idiot further LEFT than John McCain is B.O. HUSSEIN who is a 100% certified communist/socialist Anti-American who wants to turn America into the 58th Caliphate. Johnny, thats not good giving this Idiot competition with your hairbrain leftist schemes:-( Its getting harder and harder to support you, Johnny!:-P

[sheana]

Let’s see: first, we, the government, are going to confiscate a portion of your income. Then, IF you do what we want you to do, we’ll give some of your money back to you. Doesn’t that sound like a good deal?”

Its called ‘social engineering’ and the tax codes are full of examples.

[ravingnutter]

"environmentally friendly vehicles" = clown car.

No thanks, I value my family...no way I'd put them in a rolling death trap.