[dirtboy]

And certainly not the eggheads at Congress and the White House. I know they pored over every possible detail and potential outcome of the Cash For Clunkers program. But this was never foreseen.

It gets better. When the Senate was considering the legislation to add two billion to the Clunkers program, Tom Coburn proposed an amendment that would allow the donation of the trade-ins to charities or the poor. Just about every Dem voted against it. That should be a good wedge issue in 2010.

[Sparko]

Didn’t Harkin have the same Cockamamie idea?

Senator Harkin wants income limits on “Cash for Clunkers” program

http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=F074C759-5056-B82A-3778BC12BC8D4DF7

“Harkin says he does not anticipate his amendment will get sufficient votes to pass. He says most Democrats want to simply pass the House version and move on, and he adds, “I don’t think the Republicans will vote for it because they just like the rich people to get their money.” “