The federal government's cash-for-clunkers program is designed to give consumers a rebate when they trade in an older, less fuel-efficient car and then purchase a new car that gets more miles per gallon. Do you support continuing this program or is it an example of too much government meddling? Let us know what you think!
(41) Read All ResponsesNO! Would you give $10 to a stranger? That's what the this program is costing the average household. If they add two billion more to it, then it will cost you $30.
I am not letting anyone tell me to get rid of my trucks! As Charlton Heston said quote "when they pry the steering wheel out of my cold dead hands.
NO! The whole program is a joke! The 3,500 - $4,500 dollar amounts are WAY too high. They could have accomplished the same thing with lower amounts of money. Within a week, the program has begun to collapse on the irrational foundation it was built on. This is just another example of the government having NO clue as to what they are doing.
The Cash for Clunkers program has only been in operation a short period of time, and it has already run a deficit… but we are supposed to trust the president and his Congressional allies to accurately ‘reform’ the health care industry, which makes up one-seventh of our entire economy?” I THINK NOT!
First the idea was a good one but they didn't think it all the way threw. First it only helps the people that can afford a car buy one. Second if they wanted to stimulate the economy, how about limiting it to American made cars. Buying Japanese cars doesn't help our economy much at all. They should have also included something for everyone in this program. I have 2 cars I would sell for less if I could get the cash. I don't need a new car so I guess I keep my gas wasting clunkers. This program as is will just cause some people, who really can't afford to buy a car now, to buy. When they can't make their monthly payment, will the government bail them out too? To many idiots in government, making snap decisions without thinking of the long term effects. We will all be paying for this mistake next year or year after. Glad Obama is making all these changes. Seems to me that the only change has been the name in the office.
I really wish the federal govt. would stop giving away my money to people who haven't earned it!
No.
People getting rid of good cars that are paid for to get new ones and have a car payment. They can't pay their mortgage and face foreclousure and now they add a car payment. That's OK because FEDZILLA will bail them out of this to. New CZAR and he shall be called REPO CZAR.
It very good if U.S. spend to many money and allow China become economic leader of world. We happy to sell U.S. many thing and make job for our people. We too happy for Democrat to control U.S. government. Give anybody more money we loan you. You make us too happy.
I believe in helping one another thats what the Bible teach; whether employed or not! All of us thats employed still have other demands to meet and some help beats no help! As far as this program - Good Luck to the one's it helps & the rest thanks for the help1 God Bless.....
NO!!! I'm getting darned tired of paying for everyone else's nonsense when I work hard to pay for my OWN stuff. Want something? WORK FOR IT!!
Yes, because if/when the car payments lag and the car gets repo'd, then I can get a great deal on an almost new car at the auction.
No..where is all this money coming from for one, and the program only helps the rich for another.
No,not everyone can afford to get a new car,but yet we all have to pay for every one else to get one seems to me we would be better off if they used the money to bring jobs,and give us some bail out checks that way every one gets some very needed help.
This is a complete joke. Bailing out banks, businesses, and now helping "stimulate the economy" makes me sick. I worked for everything I have and have no debt. Home, cars, no credit debt,nothing. I also live within my means, but still enjoy my life. Married, two children. Let the people who didn't do that pay for it. With the banks, let them fail and let the high rollers suffer. Let the people who worked for what they have keep it. Not give it away to the "unfortkunate" or "at risk". Oh yes we are talking about "cash for clunkers". I own two of those "clunkers" and they both get 23mpg city.
No the "Cash for Clunkers" program should not continue. I see no reason for me to help someone else buy a new car when I'm driving vehicles older than the ones considered "clunkers". This is simply a new entitlement program. On second thought; I could use a new boat. Anyone want to chip in? After all I helped you buy your new car....
I agree with David, this should have been restricted to American cars, and even with that, when the $1 Billion reserve was up, that should hve been the end of it. If you're going to set restrictions then stick with 'em.
Yes
I would like the program to continue just long enough for me to get my new car. After that they should end it.
I just bought a NEW 2010 Ford over the weekend mostly to show my contempt for Obama taking over GM and Chrysler. My GM trade-in had over 100,000 miles on it. It did NOT qualify for the cash-for-clunkers program and I'm glad. Now, that 100,000+ mile GM car of mine (that I'm driving now and runs just fine) can be used by somebody else who can't afford a brand new car from a dealer. My clothes closet doesn't have enough short sleeved shirts in it. Since I bought this new Ford, it's harder for me to find money to buy shirts. I hope Senators Kohl and Feingold will lobby Obama to create some sort of 'shirt stimulus program' so that I can get money for destroying some of my old shirts and buy new ones. Or, how about a stimulus program to make people want to buy chicken instead of beef. We could call it 'cash-for-cluckers'. These entitlement programs are insane and encourage waste.
I think it's a great program because it helps consumers who might not benefit from other stimulus programs while also giving a much needed boost for car dealers and manufacturers. And it gets gas guzzlers off the road, replacing them with more fuel efficient cars. I hope this hasn't ruined the impression you all have tried so hard to create of Milwaukee as a city of selfish complainers. There are a few of us who still like to see good things happen to other people.
No. It's nothing more than another of this administration's calculated false-steps!
NO! Not only is it a mess for our landfills (as much as they're saying they're going to recyclle), but what abouit the teenager who wants to spend $500 bucks on a used car and there's none available? Some of these cars being dumped are in better shape than mine!
I think the program should continue, to reduce the auto inventory and replace inefficient cars with more fuel saving models. I do feel that this program should only operate at it's current status for 3-6 months. After this time, I think the government should only allow a $1,500.00 maximum credit to be used towards and automobile produced in the U.S.
Not a chance. I suspect that the majority of the claims are false. I can not believe that there are that many people that had a car worth less than $4,500 can suddenly go out and buy a new car because of this deal. We need an audit of the program first, then decide to fund it further or not.
In a year we'll hear about all the people whose cars are getting repo'd because they cannot afford the payments.
Yes it should continue. It allows a working person who owns say a $900 car to get up to $4500 for their old "clunker." I wonder if everyone here voting "no" has had to pay $200 - $1,500 per incident to fix their clunker just so they could get to work the next day. This program allows people to purchase new cars for payments less than $200 per month. These cars are also more fuel efficient, costing their owners less in gas money. These same fuel efficient cars are also more environmentally friendly, saving health care costs because they put out less carbon emissions. And as far as limiting the deal to American-made cars only - does that include Toyota, Honda and Hyundai which have major assembly plants in the US, or are you saying the Government should dictate from which companies we buy from instead of letting the quality and price of products determine that (capitalism)?
Kramer always told me take the money. So Sure it should continue
No! I think people will not be able to keep up with the payments. I think the car companys should have thought of the 60 months 0% interest 10 years ago. By the way didn't they get BILLIONS from the president. The car companys the banks and the real estate shoud have never been bailed out. Thank you Obama for the 10 dollers on my paycheck. That will help me with the 9% tax increase in proprty tax,36% tax increase in water 30% increase in WE energy and my car insureance is going up thank you Doyle. The goverment is one big PONZI scam.
no, I dont want to keep paying for other peoples problems
no, it lets someone who can`t afford a car to buy one. down the road when they can`t make the payments we`ll have to bail out the banks again!
To everyone saying, "No"... Okay, suppose it stopped, or nothing was ever done in the first place. After scores of dealerships close, production plants (including the parts manufacturers) close, and people are without jobs, you will be crying about how wrong it was for the government not to step in and do something. Oh- how many of you "No" people have taken advantage of the Energy Star rebates????? You forgot about that, didn't you?
Yes, of course. Unless you like to contribute to air pollution, which it sounds like some of you rednecks do.
I just want to know who is going to pay into the "cash for taxpayers" program when those of us that pay taxes can't continue to pay for those that don' t. Another great thought, poorly executed that is going to cost much and not help the people that need help.
Shouldn't you have to buy an American made car if the American government is paying for this?
Why do so many of you assume that poor people who don't pay taxes are the beneficiaries of programs like this one and proposed healthcare reforms? It's the middle class that's being affected most by the cost of just about everything. We pay our taxes just like everyone else and we're finding ourselves struggling to get by. Cars are essential in this part of the country. We don't have the mass transit system that would enable people to get by without cars. So people really have no choice but to own, fuel, and maintain cars. New cars cost a lot to buy and older cars cost a lot to maintain. The cash for clunkers program amounts to a tax break for middle and upper income people who can qualify for car loans. They'll have low payments and no repair costs for the first few years. For many people, the plan will allow them to reduce the cost of owning a car. So why would they default on their loans?
No! Not only does this cost tax payers $4500 per car traded in, it cost more to have the cars taken to by flat bed to the scrap yard. Avg flat bed it at least 100 - 200 per vehicle, plus the amount to sieze the engine. Has anybody thought about how this will inflate the price of used cars, since the selection of used cars will be much smaller now. Dealers will be asking more money for used cars since there are fewer to choose from. Mechanics will also be effected as the older cars that need the occasional repair will be fewer. We are stuck footing the bill as tax payers so the governtmen can control what type of cars are on the road.
NO, THIS PROGRAM IS CRAP!!!! KILLING THESE PERFECTLY GOOD CARS AND NOT EVEN ALLOWING THE SCRAP YARDS TO RESELL THE PARTS, THEN THE WORST PART OF ALL IS THAT WE ARE USING AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO BUY THESE FOREIGN PIECES OF CRAP... WAY TO SELL US OUT AMERICA!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE PRETTY SOON WE WILL ALL BE JUST SITTING AROUND ASKING OBAMA FOR A CUP OF SOUP!!!
Unfortunately, this is doing nothing to create jobs, other than handing out free money for people that a couple of years from now, will need a bailout on their car loan they can't afford. Why not try something creative in this country, start creating jobs and building things again! Get some real paying jobs, rather than handing out money for junk. Once again, why not a law to make everyone paint their kitchen walls green. That would help the green paint industry, plus I like green! Big brother needs to get out of our lives, and get people back to work!
I find it ironic that to qualify, you had to have been one of these careless people who bought a gas hog that gets a max of 18mi/gal. Meanwhile those who actually care about less carbon in the atmosphere are left out. So again, we reward selfishness.
Yes