Comments on: Is ‘Cash For Clunkers’ Really Greener?

By: karenc

karenc — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:53:07 +0000

C4C is hurting charity car donation also because the amount of the voucher is so much greater than the tax deduction a person receives when they donate a car charity. People are now only donating cars that aren’t eligible for a voucher because they don’t run. Since the flood of C4C cars entering the scrap yards is lowering the price of scrap metal, these car don’t have much value. The cars that are going to C4C are the ones that would normally be donated so charities are losing out on both ends.

By: proreason

proreason — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:27:42 +0000

Johan Goldberg has great commentary on this topic today:

http://townhall.com/columnists.....ments=true

“Under the government’s program, tax dollars are being diverted to people with cheap cars so they can buy expensive ones. That’s just really inefficient wealth distribution, not wealth creation. But government can see it, and that’s all that counts. ”

translation: the only reason the program is “a success” is that it publicizes “government action”. In reality, it is simply takes money from your pocket in the future, and puts it in somebody else’s pocket today.

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:44:42 +0000

Think about it for a moment …………. Our tax dollars are what color?

Oh hell, “SPEND THAT CABBAGE!!”

By: marinetbryant

marinetbryant — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:07:12 +0000

Really stimulating. GM announcing layoff plans-more jobs created/saved! Bloomberg reporting Ford Focus #1 seller in C4C program. Next four are made by Honda and Toyota.

By: Gladius et Scutum

Gladius et Scutum — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:13 +0000

I appreciate your faith in (non-governmental) human nature, but since I investigate fraud in private industry, let me assure everyone that very few of the clunkers are actually being harmed. They will shortly be appearing on used car lots under assumed identities: Quite possibly in Mexico, Russia, or Nigeria.

Read through “How the Government Kills Clunkers” If you cannot see four or five ways to ‘game the system’ on your first read, it is because you are much more honest than your neighbors.

By: EvaTheFrisbeeDog

EvaTheFrisbeeDog — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:14:01 +0000

This program will raise the cost of used cars, the kind of vehicles the working poor, single moms and students drive. The repair cost will also go up since there will be fewer spare parts. For most of these folks, public transportation doesn’t make sense. Imagine loading your groceries on a bus or dropping the kids off at day care on a train.

The vehicles that don’t qualify are terrible for families — ever try fitting a baby seat in the back of a Honda?

If the intent is to reduce the amount of gasoline used, why not just raise taxes at the pump? Instead, Obama takes the cowardly path of sticking it to the poor, single moms and other who can’t afford the $750 for a new car.

By: proreason

proreason — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:08:25 +0000

The point of Cash for Clunkers is not to stimulate the economy, nor to remove environmentally unfriendly vehicles.

The point is to buy votes.