Clunkers

I'm a bit sick of hearing people complain about the Cash for Clunkers program. "The government couldn't even run it right!" Really, because I'm pretty sure you all are saying that because it was so successful, it surprised everyone? "What good was it? It didn't help American car companies!" No, the billions of dollars we gave them months ago did that, this was helping auto dealers, and, is it our fault that American car companies took so long to produce more fuel efficient cars?

You do know that is what the program set out to accomplish, don't you? If you had a "clunker" that got 20 mpg, well, that was not a clunker. When fuel efficiency standards go up, people have to catch up - this pushed them along. The program did this, and did something the car companies couldn't do at the time, helped auto dealers.

Of course, you're going to have people who complain about how much this cost. Well, what if it was a tax rebate instead? "That would have been the way to go!" How does that change what it cost the government? If you think you would have been better off with a $4500 tax rebate, then put it away and pay your taxes with it.

Also, take a second to look at the World, not just you neighborhood, and then think about arguing about the merits of this program. America, with it's selfish political parties and the damage they do through media outlets, seems more and more like the little baby of a 233 yr old country it is, doesn't it?