[nitzy]

I was upset with the bail outs. I was angry with the stimulus. At first I didn't really care about the Cash for Clunkers. When I found out they were destroying vehicles that functioned just fine, I became IRATE. We are purposefully and intentionally destroying wealth. We are taking an item worth $2000, $3000, $4000, etc. and turning into something worth $0. They have convinced us that the real reason to do this stupid thing is to save the earth.

I envision a scene in my mind where the auto dealers conduct a sacrifice of the vehicle. They ceremonially destroy the car while dancing, chanting and praying to the earth-god asking her to spare us from global warming.

[PureSolace]

I was upset with the bail outs. I was angry with the stimulus. At first I didn't really care about the Cash for Clunkers. When I found out they were destroying vehicles that functioned just fine, I became IRATE. We are purposefully and intentionally destroying wealth. We are taking an item worth $2000, $3000, $4000, etc. and turning into something worth $0. They have convinced us that the real reason to do this stupid thing is to save the earth.

Worth Repeating!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I envision a scene in my mind where the auto dealers conduct a sacrifice of the vehicle. They ceremonially destroy the car while dancing, chanting and praying to the earth-god asking her to spare us from global warming.

I wonder how much longer it's going to be before they start taking living victims?

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

When I found out they were destroying vehicles that functioned just fine, I became IRATE.

So, you're mad at what the owners of these cars, i.e.: private property, are doing?

Are you equally mad at the drivers in a demolition derby for destroying their perfectly good cars, too?

How about guys who race cars and wreck them on the track or burn up their engines?

Who are you to say what anyone else does with their own property? If I want to sell my car to the government, knowing full well, that it will be rendered useless, then what business is it of yours?

Since you seem to feel so strongly about it, perhaps you could pony up a few billion dollars to buy them, instead.