“One man’s clunker is another man’s prize”

Before I begin I must say that I’m a firm believer in saving this wonderful planet God has given us in every way possible. Just not at the cost of our freedom.
Once again our government has thrown common sense and good judgment right out the door. Where is this money coming from? Right out of our pockets. ???
Your so right about the fate of the clunkers. Why destroy them totally? How many people will this put out of work? Our representative’s who we have put in office. In some cases for too many years now. They seem to have forgotten what makes the wheels turn in this country. They no longer see the man running the auto recycle yard, or those that work the auto parts stores, much less the small companies that build and supply parts for these cars. Or how about the charities that donate old cars? Do we ever ask ourselves. What’s it all for?
Yes our government now owns 51% in two of our automotive companies. And yes they need to sell cars to get our economy going. But at what cost? With our countries deficit spiraling out of control, our government growing by leaps and bounds daily. Anybody need a new Czar??? Do we really believe that going into debt right now for a new car is the right thing to do? What if we really needed a new refrigerator instead? Then again do we really believe it when our president tells us that we can spend our way out of debt?
The day is quickly coming that our eye’s will be opened with a bad dose of reality. This country cannot sustain the path we are on, and we will soon begin to see and feel the effects of all this legislation that has been rushed through for one emergency or another. Our country is being transformed into something much different than our founding fathers ever had in mind.
I have to keep asking myself is this really what the rest of America wanted when they voted for “Change”. I pray to God daily that he gives us all including those running this country the wisdom and knowledge needed to do what’s right, or at least to open the eyes of us that’s buried our heads in the sand for so long to stand up and say “ENOUGH”.

And for those that buy the new cars, I pray you still have the jobs to pay for them, but don’t forget to thank your neighbor for their contribution……

UPDATE
Congress has just passed a 2 billion dollar extension to Cash for Clunkers. Important facts that go along with that extension.

Seems the buying data showed that the only people taking advantage of the program were upper middle class citizens that were going to purchase a vehicle anyway. Way to go Washington, we thought you already knew we love free money…..
So they have added to the already over 300 pages of rules and regs. for the program. Now your combined income must be less then $50,000 to qualify. And yes it means you must produce your tax return and surrender it to your automotive dealer. So we have to ask the question. Do they want the lower income citizens, the ones that have the homes that they couldn’t really afford, thanks to the “affordable housing act” to go farther into debt? Gee Mr. President do you think maybe this section of our society isn’t buying cars because there to busy trying to pay their mortgage, utilities, taxes,put food on the table and gas in their clunker just to get to work so they can fund your insanity. Isn’t this what got us into this mess in the first place?