clunkers program done already?

[scooterbug44]

I think at that point both the purchaser and the person who approved the loan should be run over by the new vehicle!

We need to get vigilant about reinstating Darwinism.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

I think at that point both the purchaser and the person who approved the loan should be run over by the new vehicle!

We need to get vigilant about reinstating Darwinism.

And then they should wash it and sell it to me, since I don't want to buy new

 

[scooterbug44]

Yes, I forgot to add that the vehicle would then be sold and any profit used to pay off the national debt. ;-)

 

[steyou]

This is all such a mess. As I said in another string, the government needs to get out of the way. They have no idea what they are doing. Or do they..... and we are headed to socialism, by design.

 

[Winnie]

Why do all these government programs reward bad behavior/decisions? I didn't purchase a "clunker" that gets low gas mileage and I didn't buy a house I couldn't afford. It seems responsible behavior must be it's own reward and be punished by being called upon to pay for the errors of others. There is something just wrong about that.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I don't have a problem w/ them wanting the transmission/engine destroyed and then letting the rest of the vehicle be sold for parts.

The program is called "cash for clunkers", not cash for well running vehicles , and part of the goal is getting vehicles w/ better mileage/emissions on the road.

Seems pretty dumb to pay people incentives to get inefficient cars off the road, then let someone else put that engine back on the road.

If what you state in bold is true, wouldn't you be for total destruction of the car, so that people who owned older vehicles and didn't want to trade, would be sheITE out of luck when they had a fender bender or a tranny went bad?

The gov't may call it one thing, but that means nothing. You can turn in a 2008 model if it qualifies, and it could be in show room condition. I find it most interesting that an auto getting 18 mpg is crushed while purchasing a so-called "fuel efficient" vehicle, getting 19 mpg, gets you $4500 in your pocket.

I hear many people forgetting that not everyone can or wants to afford the cost of buying a new vehicle, even if it comes with a $4500 discount. Driving a $35,000 vehicle off the showroom floor costs you much more than $4500, compared to driving a similar car off the showroom of your neighbor's front lawn.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Actually it is now called the Car Allowance Rebate System Formally Referred to as Cash for Clunkers. It reminds me of when Prince became "the symbol" and his name got longer to explain it.

CARS.gov - Car Allowance Rebate System - Home - Formerly Referred to as “Cash for Clunkers”

Reminds me of Food Stamp Program being changed to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Let's call it what it is, Grocery Helper, and let's call the Cash for Clunkers, "Payback to the Manufacturers, For Having Friends in Office," or if you want to get more accurate, call it "Emergency Iraqi War Funding, since that is where it was first pitched into a bill."

 

[Smiling JOe]

Comment from a blog

"How long will it be before we start hearing stories of people who turned in their clunker (which, although it was old, was a perfectly good vehicle) to purchase a brand new car (which they probably couldn?t afford, but didn?t want to pass up a deal) find themselves in a position of not being able to make their monthly payment and their car is repossessed?"

So you think someone will buy a new car, or should I say, "finance" a new car, to get not only a new ride, but also a check for $4,500? That is about as likely as stupid/poor people having babies to receive more welfare checks and food stamps (I mean SNAP). (did I just say that?!) :roll:

 

[Smiling JOe]

My greatest surprise is that since the Fed Gov't is buying a piece of your car, they don't want to install a location and speed device in it, with the ability to cut off the engine whenever you have a traffic violation or an outstanding ticket.

 

[BeachSiO2]

Senate's standing firm on not wanting to pass the House bill so far so it COULD BE over at weeks end. This one may be to close to call.

[With bullhorn in hand] Get your car now. Great deals abound. Help your fellow Americans. This is one of only a handful of non-military items that the U.S. actually builds anymore. It's the first stimulus program that has actually worked as far as getting the money into the economy fast. Help the environment. This rebate will go into the pockets of Americans, not China via Walmart plastic goods. This stimulus has to be "invested into the economy" and can't be used to pay off old debt..... There must be more reasons why "now is the time to buy" a car? [/bullhorn now put down]

Disclaimer: My mom works for a car dealership and she has a commission job based on number of sales.