House eyeing votes Friday to save popular 'cash for clunkers' c...

The House raced Friday to pass legislation pouring an additional $2 billion into the popular - but financially strapped - "cash for clunkers" car purchase program.

[Steve]

If this is how the handle cars, it's going to be a NIGHTMARE when they get their incompetent hands on HEALTH CARE!!!

[Tim]

Yet another government program that pats itself on the back for saving the environment but in reality fixes nothing. This program pays people for buying new cars that they would have already bought.

[mistygirl318]

Hang on its going to be a bumpy ride.

[psuwalt]

What the government should have done is not give the billions they did to the automakers. Instead, they should have given that money in rebates to the consumers who purchased fuel efficient vehicles. That way the consumer decides which automaker survives and who doesn't.

Government gone amuck!

[tom payne]

Another example of the keystone kops administration. they can't even run a simple rebate program, can't wait till they get control of healthcare

[Charles Xavier]

i agree with all of the above.. glad some people stil have brains and use them!

Some people can not see the most obvious things.

[Porkulus]

So.....whatever you do don't call thios program what is REALLY is; a tax cut! "Cause if you do the Dems will not fund it anymore. It already has one strike against it....it's successful!

This Admin is stupid!

[Gary]

That'52 Chevy pictured isn't something you'd want to trash.

[Dennis Mac]

The car makers got enough of a bailout already. What good is this program if the US automakers are still making cars that don't compete?

Start making some decent products, and the industry will take care of itself ---- or not.

[gdd]

Where going down!

[Gary]

tom payne wrote:

Another example of the keystone kops administration. they can't even run a simple rebate program, can't wait till they get control of healthcare

Get Nancy Pelosi involved in anything and it'll be a guaranteed disaster.

[Charles Xavier]

Gary wrote:

<quoted text>Get Nancy Pelosi involved in anything and it'll be a guaranteed disaster.

and Waxman that big eared rat F'er.

[joe poli]

This is a way for people with beat up second cars to get a new primary car. I hear this program is loaded with fraud on the part of some dealers.

[rush limbaugh]

what is obama's health plan called?
the should call it cash for cripples. we are in big trouble.

[Tim]

A 2006 DOT study found that there were 250,851,833 registered passenger vehicles in the United States with a median life of 8.9 years.

250,851,833 cars / 8.9 years life span = 28,185,599 cars normally leave the streets every year

28,185,599 / 365 days = 77,220 cars normally leave every day

$4,500 government money x 77,220 cars normally leave the road =$347,493,688 of funding every day for cars that would normally leave the road

$1,000,000,000 funding for program /$347,493,688 every day = 2.9 days


The funding should have lasted for 2.9 days. If the funding lasted 6 days then ZERO cars were taken off the road as a result of this program. And they call this program a success??? Is my math wrong or is our government really that blind??

[Supermarket]

Its like offering gold to a starving man. Why not give everyone a $4500 rebate for necessities like food.

[Do Not Kid Yourself]

Tim wrote:

A 2006 DOT study found that there were 250,851,833 registered passenger vehicles in the United States with a median life of 8.9 years.
250,851,833 cars / 8.9 years life span = 28,185,599 cars normally leave the streets every year
28,185,599 / 365 days = 77,220 cars normally leave every day
$4,500 government money x 77,220 cars normally leave the road =$347,493,688 of funding every day for cars that would normally leave the road
$1,000,000,000 funding for program /$347,493,688 every day = 2.9 days
The funding should have lasted for 2.9 days. If the funding lasted 6 days then ZERO cars were taken off the road as a result of this program. And they call this program a success??? Is my math wrong or is our government really that blind??

You assume that every car is eligible to be a clunker. I have a 10 year old Jetta that still gets 20 mpg MORE than the rate they call a clunker. There are more strict rules than just age involved.

[Berks_Iraq_Vet]

I have a problem with my pocket being picked to subsidize someone else buying a new car.

[Um no]

So you're only eligible if you're buying an American car?

[StaberDearth]

Um no wrote:

So you're only eligible if you're buying an American car?

Q. Can the credit be applied to any new vehicle?

Answer: All imports and domestics with a list price under $45,000 are eligible, as long as they meet fuel economy standards of at least 22 m.p.g. for cars, 18 m.p.g. for SUVs, small pick-ups and minivans, and 15 m.p.g. for large vans and trucks. The new vehicle must exceed the trade-in by at least 4 m.p.g. for cars, 2 m.p.g. for SUVs and 1 m.p.g. for large trucks to qualify for the $3,500 rebate. The full $4,500 rebate kicks in at an increase of 10 m.p.g., 5 m.p.g. and 2 m.p.g., respectively.