[Tigers] clunker program

[Stephen Waybright]

It's too bad the CARS program didn't allow the option for lower income folks with really bad clunkers (and who can't afford a used or new car even with the deal) to do an even trade for one of the better program vehicles before it was destroyed. I know CARS feels good to the folks who got to participate (many of whom I know didn't need the HUGE subsidy and were planning to buy a car anyhow) and it plays well in the press, but I see it as a grossly inefficient and largely ineffective program. It ultimately padded dealer margins more than anything. I would have liked to see something like payroll incentives for companies that rehired people they had laid off, though my judgment on that may be blurred since I joined the ranks of the recently unemployed in July.

"Hoping to find my next tech-product exec position before I have to sell my Tiger",
Stephen Waybright

--- On Sat, 9/5/09, mike schreiner <mikeflbmer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: mike schreiner <mikeflbmer at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tigers] clunker program
> To: Tigers at autox.team.net
> Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 9:03 AM
> Yes, I saw the same here at our local
> u-Pull-it...Total waste of good cars and our Tax
> Dollars....Further proof that Liberalism is a mental
> disorder!