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| 'Cash for Clunkers' Program Working in RI | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 6 2009, 08:01 PM (381 Views) | |
| Dax | Aug 6 2009, 08:01 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.projo.com/news/content/CLUNKERS...21.3c1a98f.html From the Providence Journal:
It is important to note that Rhode Island has the second poorest economy in the United States, second only to Michigan. While I have not heard anything regarding the success or failure of the program in other states, it seems reasonable that if it's working in Rhode Island, it's probably working just as well, if not better elsewhere. |
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| zzdusty | Aug 6 2009, 08:21 PM Post #2 |
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Sadly we must end the program due to the complaints from the Republicans about debt though a lot of that debt came from their brilliant dictator. :rolleyes: |
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| Dax | Aug 6 2009, 08:25 PM Post #3 |
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Yep. Almost exactly half of it, in fact. |
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| zzBugs | Aug 6 2009, 09:34 PM Post #4 |
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Lol...2 billion...i mean 3 billion dollars is HARDLY comparable to what the Republicans left us with. The only problem I have with the cash for clunkers is this. If you note, that four out of those ten cars are American made. Two Ford, one Chevy, and one Dodge. I think it should be a program primarily aimed to get Americans to drive cars that are fuel efficient, AND American made. 3 billion dollars is a drop in the bucket compared to what has been spent to keep Chrysler and GM alive. Might as well have a program that helps insure that. I think it should be up to like...4,500 or 5,000 dollars for an American made car, and up to 4,000 dollars for a foreign made, or foreign owned car. It's a bit of a pay back for the tariffs that are levied on American cars in other countries. |
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| Dax | Aug 6 2009, 09:36 PM Post #5 |
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| zzBugs | Aug 6 2009, 09:48 PM Post #6 |
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Lol. Well you know how it is mate... I mean yeah sure, it is. But I see it as alot like Iraq. We got involved in that mess known as Chrysler, and the tactical blunder of GM, so we might as well go full throttle with trying to bolster sales, and all that other junk, so that they CAN be something, sooner. I also note something else about that trend I suggested. TWO of those cars are Ford, one of them a...car (number 2 spot) and the other is a light utility vehicle as I call them. That trumps GM and Chrysler. Go figure who needed the bailout. Dumbasses lol. |
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| United States [Sel] | Aug 6 2009, 11:55 PM Post #7 |
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Cash for Clunkers is the most retarded and myopic thing I have ever seen. They should have put the money into upgrading mass transit. |
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| zzcrackzilla | Aug 6 2009, 11:59 PM Post #8 |
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I like the idea. I think it'll do some good - and sure, the money could have gone to public transportation... but do you really think it'd have the support? People would be pissed that we're spending money on busses instead of (insert economic crap here), or healthcare. It's a good step, at least. And it's working. |
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| United States [Sel] | Aug 7 2009, 12:02 AM Post #9 |
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It is not a good step. It is a farce and a sham and serves no purpose whatsoever. As if we need more cars... It is not even implemented well. You get some money for upgrading a few mpg and $1000 more for like 3 more mpg. A real program would offer only for a substantial upgrade to above like 30. |
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| Recon | Aug 7 2009, 06:17 AM Post #10 |
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Lol and Schwer slammed me for doing this in game.... |
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| Max | Aug 7 2009, 09:16 AM Post #11 |
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I know this sounds radical, but... I think Americans should stop buying so much shit; even if it is 'hybrid' cars. As if that makes a difference to the repo man when he comes to collect. |
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| Recon | Aug 7 2009, 09:24 AM Post #12 |
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America is going to export in the future. Credit isnt the future..... Thats bad for the workforce.
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| zzskylar | Aug 7 2009, 03:59 PM Post #13 |
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Bugs Sel Under your criteria, Cash for Clunkers would allow people to buy... 29 cars:
* designates automobiles that would qualify under Bugs's criteria. Maybe there was something more to why they only wanted a 10 mpg improvement... Crack Yes. Moorington There was an interesting statistic I saw in the Economist a few months ago. It illustrated American spending versus their income. in September 2008, Consumption was 130% of Income. That's [obviously] unsustainable, so I see your point; however, we can't stop buying altogether, because after all approximately seventy percent of US GDP is based on consumption. Recon Hello! |
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| Max | Aug 7 2009, 07:01 PM Post #14 |
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Obviously I'm not advocating any sort of forcible 'consumption stop,' in which the government delegates the task of stopping most large purchases to the EPA in exchange for a smaller trade imbalance, debt, with a larger emphasis on the 'essentials' like paying bills. Which would all be good, don't get me wrong, but instead of that course or the course we are on today - how about the government does nothing? Trying to make the economy recover, by artificially lowering the costs of automobiles or any good for that matter, is honestly self-destructive. If we merely allow market mechanisms produce cheaper, hybrid, cars by themselves - then not only would we be millions (billions) more in the black, we would also have a sustainable economic atmosphere. |
[align=center] [/align]I watched them strap him into the seat and shut the door. He might of looked a bit nervous about it but that was about all. I really believe that he knew he was going to be in hell in fifteen minutes. I believe that. And I've thought about that a lot. He was not hard to talk to. Called me Sheriff. But I didn't know what to say to him. What do you say to a man that by his own admission he has no soul? Why would you say anything? I've thought about it a good deal. Cormac McCarthy | |
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| Dax | Aug 7 2009, 07:27 PM Post #15 |
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We've been interfering in the economy for so long now that if we adopted a more stringent laissez-faire strategy to the American economy, things would get immeasurably worse before they got better, even if it would pay off in the long run. That, my friend, does not win elections. |
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| Mexico (Hubris) | Aug 7 2009, 10:24 PM Post #16 |
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I say fuck it. Want that car? Steal it, nothing's stopping you.. except of course those chase hungry cops, but we all know they can't really harm you. (Not like they're also gun fight hungry, you know..) |
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| Venezuela (DaBomb) | Aug 7 2009, 11:28 PM Post #17 |
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I like you. Want to be friends? |
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| zzskylar | Aug 8 2009, 03:26 PM Post #18 |
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+1 Just make sure that you steal a Hyundai though... after all, they all come with a full tank of gas. XD |
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