Tag Archives: cash for clunkers

Aug 5 2009

Roadblocks disappearing, Wasteful ‘Cash-for-Clunkers’ will be extended says lawmakers

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Roadblocks disappearing, the Senate cleared the way Tuesday for a vote giving eager car buyers until Labor Day to cash in on rebates up to $4,500 for trading in their gas-guzzlers for new, higher-mileage models.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared he had the votes to pass a $2 billion “cash for clunkers” measure already approved by the House. It would replenish the all-but-exhausted $1 billion program and provide rebates for up to a half-million more Americans in the next month.

Despite reservations, Reid’s GOP counterpart, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, predicted his party would not block a vote and “the matter will be completed.”

“I think the last thing any politician wants to do is cut off the opportunity for somebody who wants to get a rebate to buy a new automobile,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former Republican congressman from Illinois.

“People want to know what’s going to be next. Cash for shoes? Cash for groceries?” said Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala
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When will the government quit spending money that we don’t have? When will the people say enough is enough? Will we the people allow Obama to bankrupt this Country by doing nothing to stop him? When you come up with the answers to those 3 questions please let me know!

Aug 3 2009

UPDATE 05 Aug – Clunkers Video Sparks Outrage Over Wasteful Government Programs, Climate experts aren’t impressed

Economists can argue back and forth in the media about the effect of big government programs such as the stimulus package and Obamacare but few things have illustrated government waste as effectively as this disturbing video.
Read a sampling of YouTube comments which are in sharp contrast to the glowing praise of the Cash for Clunkers program

UPDATE 04 AUG
The Obama administration is refusing to quickly release government records on its “cash-for-clunkers” rebate program that would substantiate — or undercut — White House claims of the program’s success, even as the president presses the Senate for a quick vote for $2 billion to boost car sales.

Obama administration withholds data on clunkers

LaHood, for example, promotes the fact that the Ford Focus so far is at the top of the list of new cars purchased under the program. But the limited information released so far shows most buyers are not picking Ford, Chrysler or General Motors vehicles, and six of the top 10 vehicles purchased are Honda, Toyota and Hyundai. Read More

UPDATE: 05 Aug

`Cash for Clunkers’ Has No Effect on Pollution, Climate experts aren’t impressed.Calculations by The Associated Press, using Department of Transportation figures, show that replacing those fuel hogs will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by just under 700,000 tons a year. While that may sound impressive, it’s nothing compared to what the U.S. spewed last year: nearly 6.4 billion tons (and that was down from previous years).
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This Obama program will put many good used car dealers out of business, and more workers will lose their jobs.

LINKS:

(1) Stolen money for ‘clunkers’

(2) Grass-roots revolt in Austin, TX: “Just say no!” to Obamacare; Pennsylvanians boo Sebelius & Specter, “How can you manage health care when you can’t manage Cash For Clunkers?”

(3) Obama lied, transparency died, Pt. 10,001: No Cash for Clunkers disclosure

Jul 31 2009

UPDATE: Govt to Suspend Cash for Clunkers Program (Obama asked Lawmakers for another 2 billion bill)

Congressional officials say the government plans to suspend the popular “cash for clunkers” program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases.

The Transportation Department called congressional offices late Thursday to alert them to the decision to halt the program, which offered owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle. Read More From Source

UPDATE:
Obama now wants lawmakers to pass a 2 billion dollar bill to keep the program alive. When are we americans going to say enough spending Obama?

Another Obama socialist plan that he got wrong! All these wrongs are showing he’s unexperience to be the leader of America.

LINKS:

(1) Did ‘Cash for Clunkers’ just put Obamacare on the junk heap? Update: House adds $2 billion more to re-start the program