Posted on 08/01/2009 5:19:02 PM PDT by Talkradio03
The first video here is already going viral, these are the rules for the Clunkers handed down by the Federal Government, this is absolute insanity....
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Dang.
This is FUBAR.
The article says that they put in some type of “liquid glass” which destroys the engine after you run it for awhile. It says that every single turned-in car must be destroyed.
One poster questioned why they couldn’t give these cars to the poor who have nothing, or to victims of natural disasters. Some of the “clunkers’ looked real nice.
The engine was immaculate. The body was perfect. Hell, the thing had wipers on the headlights!
What moron traded that car in for $4500?
It’s okay to kill cars, just don’t kill whales? Wait til the Obama Care is passed, and they’ll run the OLE people like this without oil til they fall. Gas Chambers, get them ready, we’ve got a destructive gov’t in POWER in Washington D.C.
In addition, a larger car which carries an entire family and car pooled friends will burn less gas than taking two or three smaller “green” cars to carry the same amount of family members to their destination.
I always wonder what the greenies expect families to do with their forth kid.
The United Auto Workers are happy and glad. They know that the price of JUNK will go up, and people will be forced to buy now from Government Motors.
Your tax dollars going to intentionally destroy wealth. NO YOU CAN’T destroy my car Obama.
It's a true scandal.
One of the main objectives of this program was to get gas guzzlers off the road, and replace them with more fuel efficient “green” vehicles. Based on a conservative estimate of an average 35% fuel efficiency improvement, “cash for clunkers” will reduce oil consumption in America by around 3.1 million barrels annually. Since we use about 20 million barrels a day, this represents a reduction in oil consumption of about 0.04% per year. And at a cost of $1 billion, that’s about $910 per barrel of oil not used.
The politicians that crafted this, and voted for it, should not just lose their jobs - they should be prosecuted for treason, and theft of public resources. And when they are found guilty, they should be summarily executed.
How long before we see movies of another government program, Obamacare, where seniors are given "medicine" to drink and permanently stop their sometimes unpleasant exhaust? Wouldn't surprise me that the socialist make it into a public sport, herd them into a stadium and sell tickets to raise money to pay for helthcare premiums of illegals.
these people are insane
Kinda makes you want to bury a tomahawk in someone’s face, doesn’t it?
Just sayin’
I hope this makes it to other blogs, this is another Obama at Waterloo....
Those cars they are destroying would be so nice compared to some of the ones I see people in my area driving, the kind of people who work at car washes, sacking groceries, taco bells, and nursing home attendants.
abort it
This definitely is an attempt to stop all kinds of mechanics to have nothing to offer in repairs of used alternators, rebuilt enginges, etc. All parts will have to be brand new.
Not to mention places like Mass. where they give welfare people cars so they can get a job. They will have to have new cars to give them. They also pay for registrations and insurance.
What a waste of perfectly good parts, and more landfill to take care of. What a bunch of morons. Where is the motto of “recycle, reuse, rebuild” mantra. It must be a way for them to “profit” from the manufacturers thus make the government look like they were right to take over.
Now, many used car dealerships and employees will be out of business, and mechanics. I hope everyone, will try and run their cars for hundreds of thousands of miles, and quit buying new cars.
Those vids are painful to watch. THESE EFFING DIM-BULBS ARE SUCH EFFING WASTEFUL A$$HOLES!
“These people are insane”
Why do you say that? Well lets see. They spent a billion dollars and charged it to us, destroyed a billion dollars worth of assets that belonged to us, reconsidered and are going to charge another 2 billion to us and destroy another 2 billion worth of assets that belonged to us, and all the while claim this program has created wealth!! Actually it’s much worse than that because once those new cars roll off the lot they depreciate 20% so add another 600 million for depreciation of assets. Could an insane person figure out how to spend 3 billion and in doing so actually destroy 6.6 billion in assets? I don’t think so. A better word is akin but STUPID works better!!
I would suggest that if you have to get a new car, you completely stip your old car of altenators, wipers, headlights, tail lights, radios, gaskets, mufflers, filters, exhaust systems, rims, tires, pumps, etc. Take the car to the dealer on a flat bed. I have not heard that there are restrictions on cars that have no parts.
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