I had to laugh at the guy who called talk radio yesterday and talked about using this fiasco to replace his fleet of aging pickup trucks with new trucks. What a deal! Now that’s what I call “hope and change!”
Another thing to recall about the “Cash for Clunkers” program is how it hurts the poor. The program will take these “clunkers” off the street and give them to the government to destroy. But these are precisely the kinds of cars that poor or fixed-income people tend to purchase. Most of these “clunkers” are of course in fine shape, but they are not “green” enough according to government determinations. So poor people who cannot afford to purchase new, government-approved (and thus artificially expensive) automobiles will be told to “go take a hike” – literally!
The government having melted down these “clunkers,” the market in low priced used cars will dry up, thus driving up cost and further hurting poor and working people as well as seniors and others on fixed income. Grandma who just needs a cheap old car to get down to the pharmacy for her prescriptions will thus be forced to walk or hire a cab, as the finance companies will take a look at her social security income and say “next!”
Cash for clunkers is an attack on the poor for the benefit of government-connected Big Auto big-wigs and GMAC-style bankster/moneylenders. As with most government programs, the poor get the short end of the stick.
Bozo needed the sheep to spend money and so came up with this scam.
What is the point of giving up a car which is paid off to put yourself into debt by 15 grand?
It;s like the sheep which go out and get a hybrid to save money on gas and they tell all their friends how much they save when they fill up.
Problem is that you have just put yourself into debt for years to come in order to save money on gas.
It truly does not make sense to do that and yet these lefty sheep do it.
For instance my cars are paid off and they are 2001. Now why would I give it up to buy a 20 grand car and put my self into debt for years in order to save money ion gas.
It would take years before the purchase would pay off for me and by that time it would be time to get another car .
If only the left wing sheep had some common sense instead of just following their messiah all the time
The brilliance of the minds of our central planners in Washington is breathtaking.
Center for Climate Change Law. Wonderful. Can’t produce anything but lawyers.
It’s comforting to know the plan is running as smoothly as Amtrak.
Wow! They have to actually DESTROY the car??
I would have given them some cash to take that 1988 BMW. Of course that would defeat the purpose of getting gas guzzlers off the road...
And what about recycling the metal? Are we going to fill the landfill with wasted metal?
You know, I think this is good that this happened and failed so quickly and miserably. If they can’t make sure THIS program goes off without a hitch, or a WEBSITE CANNOT GET UP AND RUNNING, how are you going to feel getting your healthcare from them.
But the dumbnuts are all “Profits are EVILLLL. Profits shouldn’t be made on my healthcare!!!” Good grief people, those profits are taxed like you wouldn’t believe and your retirement is invested in those PROFITS. Now that will all be gone and YOU will have to pick up the slack.
I guess I shouldn’t expect someone with half a brain to understand something that should be a requirement of completion of the 9th grade.
Barry Magnus, the general manager of DCH Paramus Honda, told us he was owed more than $80,000, and he wondered if would ever see it.
These are the folks were trusting to reform health care? God Save us.
No different for the people who take advantage of this program and those who play the lottery. They are all losers looking for a big win.
I want to know what happened to the billion dollars set aside for this boondoggle. 220000x$4500 is only 99 million. Where is that other 901 million?
If they crush any 83-88 T-Birds, they **must** be punished. Those are SPARE PARTS!