Cash for Clunkers Success

Danzig · #1 08-14-2009, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

I'm busting out of retirement for this..

Are you kidding me?!?! That 3 bill better spent would just be wasted in some stupid govnt program that nobody would see a penny of. This money is ACTUALLY GOING INTO TAXPAYERS POCKETS! its unreal. I never thought I'd have a chance at 4500 of govnt cash.. but here we are! And people are actually complaining!

This is the best thing Obama has done since in office. Why the repubs are complaining is beyond be. The only problem i have with it is I wish they would salvage the good parts of the cars being turned in..

er, it is in a govt program...my whole point of whether it's worth it or not is the money being spent by the govt-regardless of where it's going. our deficit expands by the moment. that is the biggest concern economy-wise. so, yay-free money. out of one pocket, into the other. robbing peter to pay paul!

perhaps i should have said 'it may have been better not to have spent it at all'? our govt needs to quit acting as tho we have a limitless supply of dough, and unlimited abilities to borrow and spend.

Antitrust32 · #2 08-14-2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

er, it is in a govt program...my whole point of whether it's worth it or not is the money being spent by the govt-regardless of where it's going. our deficit expands by the moment. that is the biggest concern economy-wise. so, yay-free money. out of one pocket, into the other. robbing peter to pay paul!

perhaps i should have said 'it may have been better not to have spent it at all'? our govt needs to quit acting as tho we have a limitless supply of dough, and unlimited abilities to borrow and spend.

they spend like 500 billion every year that "would have been better not to have spent at all"

This actually has a chance of "robbing peter to pay peter back"

You dont have to be out of work and have 12 kids to be able to get your hands on some of this cash. I love it.

Danzig · #3 08-14-2009, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

they spend like 500 billion every year that "would have been better not to have spent at all"

This actually has a chance of "robbing peter to pay peter back"

You dont have to be out of work and have 12 kids to be able to get your hands on some of this cash. I love it.

you don't get your hands on the cash, it goes to the car company. my contention is we'd be better off with the govt cutting themselves off of most of their wasteful stuff, instead of taking it from us in the first place and then 'giving it back'. i'm not getting one red penny from it, since i already own two fairly new cars, as well as having bought a cobalt for my daughter for college last year. so, i just see it going out.

dellinger63 · #4 08-14-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

you don't get your hands on the cash, it goes to the car company. my contention is we'd be better off with the govt cutting themselves off of most of their wasteful stuff, instead of taking it from us in the first place and then 'giving it back'. i'm not getting one red penny from it, since i already own two fairly new cars, as well as having bought a cobalt for my daughter for college last year. so, i just see it going out.

especially considering the fact WE are 2/3 of the economy. How much

was 'further leveraged' by the banks?