
SEN DEB FISCHER: The EV scam that stuck taxpayers with the bill for elite perks
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Taxpayers footed the bill for the rich. Study shows top 5% of earners received half of all electric vehicle subsidies while bottom 60% got less than 3% under Inflation Reduction Act.
In what world should taxpayers be buying $80,000 SUVs for families earning three times the median household income? Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, which is responsible for nuclear and strategic forces, arms control, and nonproliferation programs.
The National Bureau of Economic Research found that seven out of 10 EV tax credit recipients would have bought an electric car anyway. In other words, taxpayers were footing the bill for decisions affluent households were already going to make. That’s not an incentive — that’s a windfall.













