Yeah, whatever Nancy...innovation as MANDATED BY GOVERNMENT is hardly innovation...
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Posted on 09/17/2008 8:06:49 PM PDT by BGHater
Definitely. I am kind of busy right now (at work) but I will Freepmail you when I get a chance. Thanks.
Totally not worth it. Driving a hybrid might make people feel better about themselves, but they are a horrible investment at the present time if you are looking to save money by purchasing one. I can’t see paying $45,000 for what is probably a $17,00 car to save money on gas mileage. Not to mention, they will cost a small fortune for any repairs.
Also, keep in mind, as soon as the car, any car, leaves the lot, the price for it drops for resell.
Uh, they are asking for $25 Billion, with a "B".
Never heard of it, I'm actually just doing a lot of reading right now and seeing what's out there. I'll say this though. I have no intention on retiring here in WI, freezing to death and paying hundreds of dollars in monthly heating and energy bills.
It’s amazing how the very liberal special-interest groups are the ones hurting the workers that continuously vote Democrat. Do these myopic union autoworkers realize that it is the envirowackos and Democrats with their love of taxes that are hurting their wages?
It makes no sense to help out the auto industry when it’s the financials that are hurting.
The "out the door price" for our Mariner was around $32,000. The dealer gave us $13,500 trade-in for the 2003 Escape 4x4 with 70,000 miles. We purchased it for $23,000 with 20,000 miles on it. That works out to 19 cents per mile + gas on the old Escape.
As much as I like the electric mode of the hybrid, it won't tow anything. The electrical system is a specialty arrangement, so many "accessories" are a no-go. Next time I'll go for a standard V6 gas engine with 4x4 and towing capability. I'm happy to pay extra for leather seats with "seat heat", the integral nav system and satellite radio. That was worth the money. They hybrid was pointless.
Yup. They don't want to be the only ones not bleeding the taxpayer dry.
Of course, if congresscritters really wanted to do something useful, they could pass a bill to rescind the bill requiring production of those stupid hybrids that noone wants to buy, and repealing the CAFE requirements.
Does anyone in politics seriously not care that we don’t actually have the money to do this? Oh that’s right, we have the printing press.
But government mandates protect us from “evil corporations” and serve the “public good”.
McCain is a bold-faced liar for supporting another bailout after he publicly promised to "protect taxpayers from more bailouts."
And that goes the same for Palin too, if she does nothing to resist McCain's march towards Socialism and Big Government.
The only thing that Government serves is Government. The little people are expendable when no longer useful as cash cows or as sources of votes.
When will people wake up and realize that the current Government is basically just a Corporation with monopoly status and armed forces ready to enforce its will?
***When will people wake up and realize that the current Government is basically just a Corporation with monopoly status and armed forces ready to enforce its will?***
When it’s too late.
The problem with Democracy is the break down from individual rights to group mentality, class warfare, and the whim of the majority as law. That’s why we were supposed to be a Republic.
yeah, billion, not million, but the idea is the same.
“When will people wake up and realize that the current Government is basically just a Corporation with monopoly status and armed forces ready to enforce its will? “
Exactly. And what makes us think that we have anything to do with the hiring of it’s President & CEO? Hell, I don’t even trust elections anymore. The ‘powers that be’ have an agenda and it seems we are just being led to believe we have any say in the outcome. Anyone else convinced we are being led by the nose and don’t even ‘know’ it, by the elitists over at the Federal Reserve? If not them, who?
Enough is enough. These three coasted for decades without any forward thinking and produced silly cars. Now no one wants them. I love it when they now boast of “over 30 mpg” cars in their ads. They had the time and the money to produce really fuel efficient vehicles and did nothing. They deserve to go down.
McShamnesty Fools Gold
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