The Joe Biden regime has classified elite getaways, including Martha’s Vineyard, as “low-income” in an effort to qualify them for an electric vehicle (EV) charger subsidy program under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The EV charger tax credit program was supposed to allocate subsidies to “low-income” or “non-urban” areas.
An examination of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) eligibility map identified several upscale areas deemed “low-income” by the regime, allowing them to receive EV charger subsidies. To be seen as “low-income,” areas must either have a poverty rate of over 20 percent, a median income beneath 80 percent of their wider metropolitan region’s median family income, or not be linked to any particular metro area.
Somehow, affluent areas such as the resort destination of Nantucket Island and the Vineyard Haven section of Martha’s Vineyard have met these criteria. Other wealthy areas identified as “low-income” include sections of Cape Cod, areas of New York City’s Upper East Side, Rehoboth Beach in Delaware, and Beverly Hills.
Biden’s former boss, Barack Obama, and his wife, Michelle, are among the best-known residents of Martha’s Vineyard, where they own an $11.75 million mansion and estate.