Posted by
Absolutely Nobama on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:46:11 PM
I am a sinner. I have gone against my vow of being so right wing that I'd cut off my left hand to make a point. I actually "gulp" allowed Rachel Maddow (I like to call her MadCow) on to my flat screen. Yes, folks, I was one of 10 people in all of America who actually tuned into MSNBC. (Or, as Mark Levin calls it, MSLSD)
In any event, MadCow was moaning about the evil conservatives who were trying to put a halt to this "Cash for Clunkers" communist program. "Why?" MadCow complained."Because people like it ? Because it's working ?" I was speechless. (Something I wish Obama was, but not really the point, here.)
Well, Rach,. Let me explain so even you and your fellow bovines could understand.
Reason #1: Cash For Clunkers is transferring wealth from one party to another. (Our Premier calls that spreading the wealth.) For example: A working slob (Just for fun, let's call him Tony) in 2005 saved his pennies and bought a 2005 Ford Focus which is ineligible for the Clunker Scam. Now Tony still has to pay taxes and gets nothing, meanwhile someone who didn't work as hard as Tony did in 2005 simply shows up and is handed $4500 towards a new car. Is that fair to Tony or his darling wife Elizabeth ? I can assure you they don't find that fair at all.
Reason #2: Since the "Stimulus" package has failed and Americans are losing jobs at astronomical rates, what happens when unemployment gets worse and the buyers can't make their car payments ? ( TARP II: The Stupidity Continues) I know liberals like you don't like things like facts getting in the way, but think about it, MadCow. 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS SINCE THE STIMULUS SHAM WAS HATCHED BY LIBERALS LIKE YOU. THAT TREND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S EASING ANYTIME SOON.
Reason #3: Not only will the buyers be saddled with car payments, but also higher taxes to pay for this and other reckless, insane spending. (Like, let's say the health care plan you and your fellow socialists champion.) Thus, this is actually TAKING money out of the economy because the grand majority of those who were hoodwinked by the Cash for Clunkers owned their cars outright and had no car payment. That's just money that could have gone for other goods and services.
Reason #4: Cash for Clunkers is just a hit of heroin for the car manufacturers. It feels good, but it won't last forever. The manufacturers will be wandering around begging their pusher, Uncle Sam, for another hit. A small boom in sales won't solve the problems that the Federal Government and their Union accomplices have created.
To sum it up, no,MadCow, Cash for Clunkers isn't working. Nor is it popular. (54% of Americans oppose more spending on this, according to Rasmussen.)