Govt to suspend 'cash for clunkers'

[Lady's Human]

My biggest issue with the cars program is the unintended consequences to other portions of the economy.

250,000 less older cars on the road.......(with the first bunch of taxpayer money)

means


250,000 less cars for mechanics to repair.

250,000 less cars for parts stores to sell parts for.

And all of the waterfall effects that the above entail.

Government as usual is favoring one piece of the economy over others, without looking to see what the effects will be. Of course, they had to, as they (we) now own one car manufacturer. They had to do SOMETHING to sell cars!

[lizbud]

My biggest issue with the cars program is the unintended consequences to other portions of the economy.

250,000 less older cars on the road.......(with the first bunch of taxpayer money)

means


250,000 less cars for mechanics to repair.

250,000 less cars for parts stores to sell parts for.

And all of the waterfall effects that the above entail.

Government as usual is favoring one piece of the economy over others, without looking to see what the effects will be. Of course, they had to, as they (we) now own one car manufacturer. They had to do SOMETHING to sell cars!

I say if the banks & Wall St. gets a bailout, regular working folks deserve
a helping hand in the slow economy too.

That's 250,000 less cars that people need to spend their hard earned
money on. I'd rather buy gas & make a car payment than be nickel and
dimed to death with a clunker car that needs "fixin" every other week.

[Lady's Human]

So the mechanics and parts stores need the business less than GM?

Those nickel and dime repairs keep food on a mechanics table, and cost less than a car payment.