Donald van der Vaart

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Donald van der Vaart is a senior fellow at the John Locke Foundation and a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Advisory Board, and serves on the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.

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  • How the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Forces Average Americans to Subsidize Rich Californians

    Donald van der Vaart
    Congress in 2008 passed the Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit to make electric vehicles more affordable, thereby encouraging their use. Yet, a 2019 watchdog report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration showed the electric vehicle tax credit is rife with fraud and abuse, and electric vehicle incentives disproportionately benefit the wealthy….
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