On Aug 20, 12:22*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
At first it looked as if the Cash for Clunkers was working and the
Bozomites actually shovelled more money into it. *Now, dealers are
dropping out of the program because they are not getting paid for the
clunkers by the Bozoma admin. *If they cannot run something as simple
as this what makes you think they can run a healthcare program costing
nearly a trillion dollars/yr.

the fact that they'd run it better than the current system which costs
1.5 trillion a year...twice as much as any other country....and
doesn't cover unemployed workers.

the fact that wall street lost us a trillion dollars last year...so
much for the 'free market'

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:21 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


There seems to be a lot of glee for a plan that sold Japanese cars 80%
of the time. Exactly who were we bailing out?

I'm not enthralled with the program, but I can't be too critical of
things that were done when we were facing "the greatest financial
situation since the Great Depression". One year later, I don't hear that
kind of talk, so, I guess, they did something right.

We did buy an "American" car but it was made in Canada

Well, there are a lot fewer Ford Explorers on the road today.

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...a2VyLXRyYWRlcw

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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:57:38 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Frogwatch wrote:
At first it looked as if the Cash for Clunkers was working and the
Bozomites actually shovelled more money into it. Now, dealers are
dropping out of the program because they are not getting paid for the
clunkers by the Bozoma admin. If they cannot run something as simple
as this what makes you think they can run a healthcare program costing
nearly a trillion dollars/yr.

Did you notice that GM has gained strength and is even calling back laid
off employees? Did you notice that Ford is showing profit?
Of course not, because you think that everything liberal is bad. Let the
spinning begin!


The real problem is, what are they going to do next month?

The industry will starve just like the personal computer industry did a
year or so out from the Y2K hoax...

This is the classic "giving a man a fish".

Yep...



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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:57:26 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

I can't wait to see pictures of his homemade truck camper.
Those things were popular aroung here in the 50s & 60s.

How do I send pics of it? I am not knowledgeable about how to post
pics of things.

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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:21 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


There seems to be a lot of glee for a plan that sold Japanese cars 80%
of the time. Exactly who were we bailing out?

I'm not enthralled with the program, but I can't be too critical of
things that were done when we were facing "the greatest financial
situation since the Great Depression". One year later, I don't hear that
kind of talk, so, I guess, they did something right.


You may not be hearing it, but that is just the present administration
covering their ass. Unemployment is still increasing, there is all that
borrowed money to payback. Foreclosures are increasing and now it is not
the sub-prime loans, it is those that have lost their jobs and can not make
the payments.

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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:57:38 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Frogwatch wrote:
At first it looked as if the Cash for Clunkers was working and the
Bozomites actually shovelled more money into it. Now, dealers are
dropping out of the program because they are not getting paid for the
clunkers by the Bozoma admin. If they cannot run something as simple
as this what makes you think they can run a healthcare program costing
nearly a trillion dollars/yr.
Did you notice that GM has gained strength and is even calling back laid
off employees? Did you notice that Ford is showing profit?
Of course not, because you think that everything liberal is bad. Let the
spinning begin!


The real problem is, what are they going to do next month?

This is the classic "giving a man a fish".

500,000 serviceable used vehicles have now been taken out of the used
car market.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:46:46 -0400, BAR wrote:


500,000 serviceable used vehicles have now been taken out of the used
car market.

Yeah, but all the junk yards will be having sales on used parts. ;-)

thunder wrote:
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:46:46 -0400, BAR wrote:


500,000 serviceable used vehicles have now been taken out of the used
car market.

Yeah, but all the junk yards will be having sales on used parts. ;-)

They get crushed.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:16:37 -0400, NotNow wrote:


They get crushed.

I haven't been paying much attention to the program, but I was under the
impression that only the motor had to be destroyed, that the body could
be parted. Although, I would guess, with the glut in the market, they
might just crush them.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:42:03 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


They are allowed to part them out but most are being crushed around
here. We don't really have any junk yards. The "Make America Beautiful"
people zoned them all away.

Florida, right? I noticed that. I had a friend who used to call me,
when he needed unusual parts. I'd buy them at my local junk yard, I mean
Auto Salvage, and send them down. Usually, with shipping, it was still
cheaper for him, than buying them local.