there are the germs of an idea there, but it does need work. For one thing, yes, I do find it annoying to subsidize idiots who bought low-mileage cars because they could. Also, it's apparently not hitting the intended target market. I heard something about a majority of customers paying cash, ie, it's saving a bit of money for people who seem to already have some. Awesome as that may be for them, I thought the idea was to get old Fleetwoods and the like retired. I also heard there were questions about whether parts could be recycled. I sympathize with the desire to do so, but isn't that contrary to the spirit of the thing? Last, I think the definition clunker needs work. I rather got the impression that my three-year-old relatively-high-gas-mileage Mitsubishi would qualify as long as I was buying something that was slightly better gas mileage. If this is true, it seems like a case of diminishing returns.
So strangely enough I agree with Sam also, and its not just that I am touched by his comments in the other thread ;P On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: > > Oddly enough, I agree with you Sam. I'm not defending the program as a > brilliant idea. I'm just pointing out that the criticism leveled > against it (it has already run out of money) isn't true and they are > suspending it early on because of fiscal concerns. > > Judah > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Sam<sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > But I can't get a rebate because ten years ago I bought a responsible > > car. Reward the polluters. > > > > Speaking of loopholes:) > > > http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/07/29/using-cash-for-clunkers-money-to-buy-a-muscle-car/ > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Judah McAuley<ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > >> > >> You'll notice the bit at the very end where it says that rebates > >> submitted, thus far, total 96 million. Which is obviously a tiny > >> fraction of 1 billion. This article didn't mention what others did, > >> which is that the program was halted temporarily because of concerns > >> that accounting wasn't being done right and that rebate submissions > >> were happening too long after purchase which would cause more > >> uncertainty in the accounting system than is desireable. Hence, they > >> pause the program before things get ugly while they work shit out. > >> Which is, actually, admirable from a fiscal point of view. > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301152 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
