Comments on: Cash For Clunkers – Tax Payers On Hook For $4 Billion http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/ Providing Stock Market Analysis and Economic Commentary without the Hype Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Beer Monkey http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11106 Beer Monkey Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:33:10 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11106 Another giveaway to the wealthy. I'm driving around a 13-year old car that gets 26mpg so I'm not eligible even if I used the tradein to get a car that gets 40mpg. Of course, if I owned an Escalade or Hummer, I qualify, even if my new car just guzzles a bit less. 99% of the people who participate in this program will just be getting a reward for being rich or having spent years living beyond their means. Another giveaway to the wealthy. I’m driving around a 13-year old car that gets 26mpg so I’m not eligible even if I used the tradein to get a car that gets 40mpg. Of course, if I owned an Escalade or Hummer, I qualify, even if my new car just guzzles a bit less. 99% of the people who participate in this program will just be getting a reward for being rich or having spent years living beyond their means.

]]> By: Caldera http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11095 Caldera Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:10:46 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11095 FM, I agree all actions in some way affect others. It is each person's responsibility to insure individual actions have the least amount of negative complications. Your comment, "And sorry, but you’re not free to kill people around you to take an absurd example: you are bound by rules and laws." I agree you offered an absurd example and that all are bound by limited rules and laws. FM,

I agree all actions in some way affect others. It is each person’s responsibility to insure individual actions have the least amount of negative complications. Your comment, “And sorry, but you’re not free to kill people around you to take an absurd example: you are bound by rules and laws.” I agree you offered an absurd example and that all are bound by limited rules and laws.

]]> By: Free Mind http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11089 Free Mind Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:54:14 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11089 Caldera, you are going to have to recognize that your actions affect others. And your freedom stops where starts that of the other. Here this is a positive encouragement, not an obligation whatsoever. And sorry, but you're not free to kill people around you to take an absurd example: you are bound by rules and laws. ;-) The government has thus to pursue its policies, on the condition that they serve the Common Good. Caldera, you are going to have to recognize that your actions affect others. And your freedom stops where starts that of the other. Here this is a positive encouragement, not an obligation whatsoever.

And sorry, but you’re not free to kill people around you to take an absurd example: you are bound by rules and laws. ;-)

The government has thus to pursue its policies, on the condition that they serve the Common Good.

]]> By: Caldera http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11087 Caldera Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:29:13 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11087 I, for one, don't want a government that is using passive aggressive actions to change my behavior. I want to be free and in charge of my own decisions. I don't want a mother or father state of government. I, for one, don’t want a government that is using passive aggressive actions to change my behavior. I want to be free and in charge of my own decisions. I don’t want a mother or father state of government.

]]> By: IndyTrader http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11086 IndyTrader Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:56:56 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11086 FM - I think its the German's who came up with this novel idea. I am more in support of this model rather than pure bailouts. FM – I think its the German’s who came up with this novel idea. I am more in support of this model rather than pure bailouts.

]]> By: Free Mind http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11083 Free Mind Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:18:44 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11083 Actually, the Bam-Bam administration picked that idea right from the French government. These premiums help 1° to stimulate the automobile sector by favoring a renewal of cars; 2° to help the environment as older, less efficient cars are being retired from the market. In France, it especially favored people buying smaller cheaper cars. Something that sorely needed in the US. ;-) Actually, the Bam-Bam administration picked that idea right from the French government. These premiums help 1° to stimulate the automobile sector by favoring a renewal of cars; 2° to help the environment as older, less efficient cars are being retired from the market.

In France, it especially favored people buying smaller cheaper cars. Something that sorely needed in the US. ;-)

]]> By: CC http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11082 CC Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:13:47 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11082 This government has a tendency to reward the one who cause problem. Bankers, mortgage brokers, realtors and subprimers got rewarded at taxpayers' expense, and now they want to reward the ones who produce more pollution with vouchers. Is this Obama's idea of "being green"? They should instead impose pollution tax on the gas guzzlers. This government has a tendency to reward the one who cause problem. Bankers, mortgage brokers, realtors and subprimers got rewarded at taxpayers’ expense, and now they want to reward the ones who produce more pollution with vouchers. Is this Obama’s idea of “being green”? They should instead impose pollution tax on the gas guzzlers.

]]> By: Caldera http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11080 Caldera Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:26:38 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11080 I agree. It is definitely time for term limits and to vote them all out of office. I agree. It is definitely time for term limits and to vote them all out of office.

]]> By: frances snoot http://blog.rebeltraders.net/2009/06/09/cash-for-clunkers-tax-payers-on-hook-for-4-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-11077 frances snoot Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:17:16 +0000 http://blog.rebeltraders.net/?p=7372#comment-11077 Two hundred ninety-eight members of the House who need to find another job: vote them out. Two hundred ninety-eight members of the House who need to find another job: vote them out.

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