I have been thinking a lot about the Affordable Care Act and I have come to the conclusion that it's the best thing ever. I wanted to do my part, so I came up with the Affordable Car Act, and I'm going to send it to my elected representatives in Washington DC so they can introduce it as a Bill and hopefully vote it into law. Now that we know that individual mandates are Constitutional so long as they fall under the 'tax' category of federal powers, there is no reason not to extend this to cover other social needs.
Whereas we need affordable cars to get to work, and many people do not have access to affordable cars, it is incumbent upon a rich society such as ours to provide affordable cars to everyone,
And,
Whereas it is important that we cut our dependence on foreign oil, and domestic drilling and 'fracking' are bad and known to cause heartburn in tree-huggers, it is incumbent upon the government to require everyone to drive an alternative-fuel vehicle,
Be it then resolved that the United States of America will, beginning in 2014, require every American over the age of 16 to purchase and maintain an alternative-energy car. This will also require the purchase of automobile insurance appropriate to the state of residence, and the storage and regular maintenance of same.
The majority of Americans who already own cars will be unaffected, except that they will be required to 'phase out' their use of internal combustion vehicles which burn fossil fuel and purchase alternative-fuel vehicles which burn renewable fuels or run on alternative sources of power such as electricity. To make this affordable, all citizens of driving age who earn less than an amount to be determined later will receive subsidies from the federal government for the purchase of an alternative-fuel vehicle. These subsidies will be based on income and will be received as a reduction in income tax owed at the end of the year when filing taxes. Citizens regardless of income will need to purchase alternative-fuel vehicles prior to filing for tax breaks based on income.
Those citizens deemed able to afford to purchase new alternative-fuel vehicles will not receive any tax assistance from the federal government. In addition, they will pay a new use tax based on miles driven, as determined by mandatory GPS transceivers mounted in all new vehicles sold after 2012, and they will be required to pay a new fee on all automobiles purchased from auto manufacturers not owned by the federal government.
The subsidies to low-income citizens for new alternative-fuel vehicles must be paid for by an individual mandate. So even those who prefer to bike or take public transportation or live in large cities where driving is impractical will be required to purchase a new alternative-fuel vehicle. Failure to do so will result in a 'fee' charged by the IRS on taxes due at the end of the year. It is anticipated that the Supreme Court will call this a 'tax', but the federal government will require all citizens to call it a 'fee' instead. Failure to call the tax a fee will be punishable by law.
Since alternative-fuel technology is still increasing and there is currently no major infrastructure to provide charging stations and alternative-fuel filling stations across the USA, the federal government will embark upon a grand expansion of these stations, based on studies which show where Americans need to drive, and paid for with a new 'national alternative fuel infrastructure tax' levied on all American wage-earners, regardless of whether or not they drive their required alternative-fuel vehicles.
All vehicles sold in the USA after 2013 will also be designed to stop running at the 80,000 mile mark, requiring the owner to puchase a new vehicle. This will ensure that the economy is kept in motion with new vehicle purchases. A new branch of government, the Department of Recycling, will ensure that all cars past the 80,000 mile mark are properly recycled to be made into new alternative-fuel vehicles. Since it costs more than the raw materials required to build such a vehicle to recycle the old parts, a new tax will be levied on all citizens to pay for this necessary work.
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Now, while may seem on the surface to any intelligent person that the average citizen will be required to fund the purchase of a wildly-expensive vehicle every couple years whether they want one or not, that they're being forced to purchase a car even if they don't drive or have no license, that they will be paying a multitude of increased fees and taxes, and that even those who will supposedly receive 'free' cars will have to front the money and then MAYBE get a percentage of that refunded at the end of the year, I assure you THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
This entire purpose of this ACA is to make cars affordable, even if math, logic, and the rules of the universe prove this is not the case. How do you know? Because that's what the Act is called, dummy.
And it will be against the law to argue that 'affordable' does not actually mean 'huge new taxes and fees'. This Act will be popular and make citizens happy, by Act of Law.
Whereas we need affordable cars to get to work, and many people do not have access to affordable cars, it is incumbent upon a rich society such as ours to provide affordable cars to everyone,
And,
Whereas it is important that we cut our dependence on foreign oil, and domestic drilling and 'fracking' are bad and known to cause heartburn in tree-huggers, it is incumbent upon the government to require everyone to drive an alternative-fuel vehicle,
Be it then resolved that the United States of America will, beginning in 2014, require every American over the age of 16 to purchase and maintain an alternative-energy car. This will also require the purchase of automobile insurance appropriate to the state of residence, and the storage and regular maintenance of same.
The majority of Americans who already own cars will be unaffected, except that they will be required to 'phase out' their use of internal combustion vehicles which burn fossil fuel and purchase alternative-fuel vehicles which burn renewable fuels or run on alternative sources of power such as electricity. To make this affordable, all citizens of driving age who earn less than an amount to be determined later will receive subsidies from the federal government for the purchase of an alternative-fuel vehicle. These subsidies will be based on income and will be received as a reduction in income tax owed at the end of the year when filing taxes. Citizens regardless of income will need to purchase alternative-fuel vehicles prior to filing for tax breaks based on income.
Those citizens deemed able to afford to purchase new alternative-fuel vehicles will not receive any tax assistance from the federal government. In addition, they will pay a new use tax based on miles driven, as determined by mandatory GPS transceivers mounted in all new vehicles sold after 2012, and they will be required to pay a new fee on all automobiles purchased from auto manufacturers not owned by the federal government.
The subsidies to low-income citizens for new alternative-fuel vehicles must be paid for by an individual mandate. So even those who prefer to bike or take public transportation or live in large cities where driving is impractical will be required to purchase a new alternative-fuel vehicle. Failure to do so will result in a 'fee' charged by the IRS on taxes due at the end of the year. It is anticipated that the Supreme Court will call this a 'tax', but the federal government will require all citizens to call it a 'fee' instead. Failure to call the tax a fee will be punishable by law.
Since alternative-fuel technology is still increasing and there is currently no major infrastructure to provide charging stations and alternative-fuel filling stations across the USA, the federal government will embark upon a grand expansion of these stations, based on studies which show where Americans need to drive, and paid for with a new 'national alternative fuel infrastructure tax' levied on all American wage-earners, regardless of whether or not they drive their required alternative-fuel vehicles.
All vehicles sold in the USA after 2013 will also be designed to stop running at the 80,000 mile mark, requiring the owner to puchase a new vehicle. This will ensure that the economy is kept in motion with new vehicle purchases. A new branch of government, the Department of Recycling, will ensure that all cars past the 80,000 mile mark are properly recycled to be made into new alternative-fuel vehicles. Since it costs more than the raw materials required to build such a vehicle to recycle the old parts, a new tax will be levied on all citizens to pay for this necessary work.
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Now, while may seem on the surface to any intelligent person that the average citizen will be required to fund the purchase of a wildly-expensive vehicle every couple years whether they want one or not, that they're being forced to purchase a car even if they don't drive or have no license, that they will be paying a multitude of increased fees and taxes, and that even those who will supposedly receive 'free' cars will have to front the money and then MAYBE get a percentage of that refunded at the end of the year, I assure you THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
This entire purpose of this ACA is to make cars affordable, even if math, logic, and the rules of the universe prove this is not the case. How do you know? Because that's what the Act is called, dummy.
And it will be against the law to argue that 'affordable' does not actually mean 'huge new taxes and fees'. This Act will be popular and make citizens happy, by Act of Law.
