Spend gobs of money now fixing the problem and find out later what the problem is.
To say nothing about the fact that it removed a lot of 2nd hand cars from the marketplace that could have been used fo teenagers’ first cars, or job seekers.
Socialists love to p*ss away other people’s money.
Willful destruction of property for leftist political expediency.
They also destroyed some classic cars.
Cash for Clunkers was Van Jones’ idea. In his 2008 book “The Green Collar Economy” he said we needed to trade our hoolas for hoopties. (Can he turn a phrase or what?) The problem is he has no practical experience in anything but he set policy. This seems to be the Left’s theme, let’s try something so stupid it simply has to work. Real economists predicted what would happen with perfect accuracy.
Jones’ entire book is reduced in the above link to eight bullets which pretty much sum up the Left’s war on energy and reality.
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Devising methods of government intervention into problems where it is not necessary, resulting in more damage to a situation, often in aspects that were "unexpected", then excuse it away by stating their intentions were good and eventually disavowing all responsibility whatsoever by throwing it down the memory hole or blaming it directly on their critics.
Taxpayer money is wasted, livelihoods damaged and lost, and markets altered.
There is a reason Rush Limbaugh refers to liberals as "Drive By Liberals".
The reception you get from any liberal is a blank stare: "Cash for Clunkers? What is that, some kind of program foisted on us by conservative lobbyists?"
Spend gobs of money now fixing the problem and find out later what the problem is.
A letter will cost a dollar soon to mail. And you trust the same people with the economy and cars. Someone is crazy here and it may not be just them.
It is a given that any program designed by liberals to elevate the economy is doomed to failure. Virtually every program designed by liberals inevitably turns to dreck. And this program was basically thought up by an avowed Marxist, Van Jones. What could go wrong? (snicker)
Thank you fellow FReepers. I got 4 grand for an 11 year old Ford Explorer, with 180,000 miles on it and a leaky head gasket among other problems, and bought a new Subaru Forester.
Well, I’m looking for a used car now because my new job requires it. And everything I see is so far out of my price range that it’d almost be cheaper to quit my job.
More like “Cash for Well-Connected Democratic Car Dealers.”