Obama wants YOU … to buy a car

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[Sub-Driver]

Obama wants YOU … to buy a car

Posted by: Steve Holland Tags: Front Row Washington, autos, Barack Obama, Chrysler, GM, IRS

AUTOS-OBAMA/President Barack Obama is now America’s car salesman.

Obama made his sales pitch on Monday as he laid out White House plans for restructuring the struggling auto giants General Motors and Chrysler. Buy a car, he said, and you might qualify for a tax deduction.

“The IRS is launching a campaign to alert consumers of a new tax benefit for auto purchases made between February 16th and the end of this year — if you buy a car anytime this year, you may be able to deduct the cost of any sales and excise taxes. And this provision could save families hundreds of dollars and lead to as many as 100,000 new car sales,” Obama said.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs followed up on this theme a bit at his daily briefing saying Obama “absolutely” would prefer for Americans to buy U.S.-made cars.

“I don’t want to turn this into an advertisement,” he said,

[Recovering_Democrat]

Since when does Hussein get to dictate tax law? Has he dissolved the Congress and assumed the role of Maximum Leader?

[BARLF]

I agree,plus I think he is a muslim and intends to bring this country down. FAST

[hornetguy]

I myself have a Honda Ridgleine pickup, After five Chevy Silverado trucks. The Honda is without question better. The Chevy’s always had rattles, squeaks, clunks or leaks. The Honda is rock solid. Couple of drawbacks with the Honda, bed is small, spare tire stored under the bed, if you are hauling something and need the spare you have to unload.