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8 Responses to “Cash for Clunkers Withdrawal”

1. Pat G. Says:
   October 7th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

   Next might be, first time homebuyer’s withdrawal. Letting these programs expire is definitely a move in the right direction. I for one am tired of subsidizing everyone’s lifestyles because they were either inept or incompetent.

2. NiNM Says:
   October 7th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

   I was so hoping for the Cash for Appliances. I’d love to trade in the shovel for a snow blower. My husband’s dream is Cash for Power Tools, bring in a suitcase full of junky Home Depot/Harbor Freight tools and walk away with Snap On or Matco tools.

3. Onlooker from Troy Says:
   October 7th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

   Amen Pat, Amen

4. ironman Says:
   October 7th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

   And here I thought I was being original in concluding the following:

   “And we’re left wondering if a real economic recovery can be built by industries that would appear to have developed an addiction to economic stimulants. An addiction that requires a never-ending supply.”

   Pat G., NiNM: The title of the post is “Cash for Clunkers: Home Edition“, which spans the first-time homebuyers credit and the energy efficiency tax credit for home improvements (and appliances).

5. madman130 Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 12:14 am

   This is the most successful non-ideological program our awesome govt ever enacted.
   We need more of these.

6. Tom K Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 10:00 am

   Ditto Pat.

   Unfortunately the libs in the MSM successfully spinned CFC as a great program. We’re supposed to not even give a damn because it was just a few billion dollars. Chump change for the chumps who voted for this regime.

7. beaufou Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 10:47 am

   Talking about cars,
   will the Chinese ever get trade sanctions for copying and manufacturing fakes?

   Link is in French, just look at the pictures.
   http://www.linternaute.com/auto/magazine/selection/voitures-chinoises-l-art-du-copier-coller/voitures-chinoises-l-art-du-copier-coller.shtml

8. Top Gun FP Client Note: The Lesson Of Cash For Clunkers :: Top Gun Financial Planning Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

   [...] forward as consumers bought during the window in which they could receive the subsidy.   (Via The Big Picture) I write about this not because the $3 billion Cash For Clunkers program is so important to the [...]