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I feel that in light of the economic freefall that California is
experiencing it is unconscionable that scrapping old cars would
take priority over children's health insurance, public education,
public safety or any number of vital services being eviscerated
through budget cuts. This is especially true in light of Congress’s
imminent creation of a national scrappage program, which provides a
far greater credit than the California proposal for new car
purchases. In fact, due to the new federal program, it only makes
sense that all state funds dedicated to providing a credit for
scrapping a vehicle should be used for other items needed. I also
believe that the emissions reductions that will be realized by this
program are based on faulty assumptions on how often these older
vehicles are driven and their contribution to the state’s emissions
inventory. The fact that the proposal does not require that
vehicles be subject to and fail a Smog check test in order to
qualify represents a blatant attempt to lure into the scrappage
program the pre-1976 collector cars that help drive the restoration
market and the passions of many in the automotive hobbyist
community.

Don't waste MY money on these frivolous "feel good" programs that
really benefit almost none of us.