Re: Cash For Clunkers
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So far,auto buyers in the U.S. have signed contracts to trade in 358,851 clunkers for new vehicles,stimulated in large part by government rebates of up to $4,500.
AP reports that most of the trade ins have been pickups/SUVs.And what are they driving off the lots in exchange?
1. Toyota Corolla
2. Honda Civic
3. Ford Focus
4. Toyota Camry
5. Toyota Prius
6. Hyundai Elantra
7. Ford Escape (front-wheel-drive)
8. Honda Fit
9. Nissan Versa
10. Honda CR-V (four-wheel-drive)
Interestingly,there are 3 Hondas,3 Toyotas & 2 Fords ,but no General Motors or Chryslers on the list...
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Don't you remotely think our elected representitives in Government could have forseen all these millions, BILLIONS of out tax dollars going over seas? Don't you think they could have stipulated that at least a percentage of the parts of each automobile be of American origin? Say at least 40%...or say tie the % of the $4500 to % of the car that was of American Heritage?
Example: 50% car Of American Heritage parts or assembly.. buyer gets 50% of the $4500...Plus the money would have gone twice as far stimulating twice as many sales , twice as many consumers.And it would reward buyers who bought 'AMERICAN!'
Would any of that have made any sense? And how long do you think it took an uneducated jerk like me to come up with a common sense idea like that...5 min maybe?
So not only would we be gain some fuel efficiency [who really cares anyway?] we would have at least have been stimulating some AMERICAN jobs!!
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