Cash for clunkers... Not a good move....cheated..They were CHEATED!!!  

td, I agree with you. The email I received was just an eye opener to people to hopefully get them to stop and think before doing next time.
I was really mainly concerned myself about the people that have no vehicles and that means no way to work. They had to sell their vehicle because of the payment and did not even have one to trade in for the CFC's thing.
I was concerned and still am that the government has these cars and I seen many of them, they were not all gas wasting big autos. Someone that really needed an auto could have bought that one that someone else turned in at an affordable rate and had a good car, not having them all crushed.
They could have called this something else or said it was being done to push the economy up. You know what I'm saying.
Yes, getting gas eating autos off the road is a wonderful thing.
But you have many people without a decent auto or no auto at all.
Other people could have gotten rid of a big auto and got something cheaper and a little better on gas or a smaller vehicle.

I just don't like waste!! And we (the people that pay taxes..you and me) had to fork out all of this money which is fine..I don't have a problem with that...the problem I have is crushing these autos and people that need them not being able to take advantage of this turn around if you would like to call it that.
This is my main objection as far as I am concerned.

It's wonderful that the auto plants opened back up and more autos are being made. I love that and people went back to work, I love that.
It's the waste. And some people don't know a good or bad deal for them if it slaps them in the face. management and things that would be good for them they don't know or understand.

I agree with that but the right thinkers would have ate him alive if he tried that! It was hard enough to get through as it was! He's still catch flack for it! I saw a lot of good vehicles go to waste, LOL! but this is the USA! tdemex

Reminds me of a story! I built the assembly line for the Aztek vehicle in Mexico. When we finally got the vehicle built and everything was perfect we started running production! They sent 5 of the vehicles to Michigan for further testing, we ran 274 vehicles and got a call to stop everything?? When they did a rear end crash, 2 of the gas tanks fell out! One caught fire! So we stop for a week and they did a retro fit on the strap that held the tank in place! They scraped the 274 vehicles we made??? Everything tires and all. they had great Bose speakers systems in them and we couldn't have anything off of them! It was a legal issue! Go Figure, t----

OMG td, see the waste...that's what I don't like. Sure they could write it off as a tax credit. But they would have been able to reap some rewards and gotten back some money by selling at a discount the items instead of sending it back to the companies they got it from and making them lose out too on the deal.
Waste, waste, waste and they wonder why our government can not balance the finances!!! Because they fix it so that no one can profit form a mistake like that.
The tires, oh my God and the Bose speaker, everything!!
Go figure...huh...

As I mentioned to td, some people don't know what's good for them. If good or bad slaps them they don't even know then. They just know what they are told and that's all they understand.

Thanks rose, it's just been bothering me ever since I saw all of those good some new vehicles or practically new ones and they were being crushed.
I'm all for the auto workers having their jobs back and the plants opening back up. They did in Detroit and that is great! I just think that more people including us(the government could have made out better if the cars that were traded in were sold for even $1000. That sure beats what the government is getting back from the crusher places in many cases just $75 to $125 for each auto.
The auto makers will sell new cars, with making what the people need and want. People WILL BUY new vehicles if they can afford them no matter what.
The extra money could have even went to the auto makers or half tot he government to get back a large portion of what went out and half to the auto makers and they would have more money to do upgrades, make better fuel efficient autos and hire back the people.
Everyone could have won, not just certain people. You know what I mean?

Yes, for this too I am upset. Many people don't know how to analyse things to know if it's to their advantage or not. It sounded like a good deal. They even said this amount saved ON TOP of Dealer discounts, but that's not how it worked at all.
And the CRC autos that were traded in...a waste a sad waste that they went to crushers!!! Someone that needed those autos could have been able to afford to have something decent to drive.

Yes, they do and the ones that are struggling will keep on struggling. They can not get ahead no matter what because something will keep them down or knock them back down when they start getting up.
It's a shame really.
Welcome to the lot. I hope you enjoy being here.

No, not really. It was way in the millions though. They even ran out of money because they did not know that they would have such an over whelming response to the offer. SO what do they do? They appropriate more money for many more people to do it until the dead line was met.

Welcome to the lot, I hope you enjoy it here as much I do.

Thinking about it in this light is okay. But not all autos where "gas guzzling" I have an F-250 that get way better mileage than my daughters small mini van or my husbands smaller truck.
My truck gets better mileage than some other cars I know of. It is a bit better than a midsized car I know about.
It all depends on how well the up keep is managed on your vehicle. I guess. I always do regular maintenance as well as other things. Making sure the fuel injection is clean and other things.
I've seen several 4 cylinders that get worse mileage than I do.
That was the reason they gave for the stimulus, so they could give one..to help the economy and to help the environment.
No matter what reason is given the fact is that he would be talked about for what was done either way. The waste is still a major flaw in the way it was done.

Yes, I do agree. The sad thing is they will keep raising our taxes on income and everything to finance their flagrant spending.

I know mc, but there are people out there that don't really know whats good for them they just do not know how to figure these things out. They get advice from others or listen to what they are told, if they are told this is a good t thing then they think it is. It's sad really, that's how many people are duped to buy this or that.
You and I and many others know to weight the good with the bad and know the difference...I know some of these people that must depend on others for telling them what is best.
The people thought this a good deal. For a few it was! The ones that had vehicles that were not worth much and actually could afford the interests and the payments on a new auto.
It helped most but not all of the auto sales businesses and the auto makers.
But just how many people do you know that can go out and buy a "new auto"?
I know many that can, but just as many if not more that can not!

For the person that had an auto that did not run well or was in bad shape and if they could afford the trade and the payments along with the interests then this was a great deal! But many traded in a really good auto, not all of them large nor bad gas hogs. I saw a bunch of them in town. A whole block full of them sitting side by side. That was the ones from just one auto dealer.