Knew It Would Happen...

Today, as I predicted (damn, I'm getting good at predictions), the "Cash For Clunkers" bill PASSED. It passed because, as I also mentioned, not enough folks will get off their duffs and stand up to be counted. They would rather do nothing, then piss and moan when things don't end well.

So, you will soon see problems with finding parts, especially at any reasonable cost. And as time goes by, it will get worse. And in the future, you will find that even locating a decent project car to restore will be next to impossible - they will have all been crushed for bucks. Our children, when looking for THEIR classics from the 80's and 90's will find NOTHING. Our children will need to find a different hobby. This hobby will all but die by then.

And that does not even take into account what this is going to COST us in tax dollars. Particularly since this bill does nothing to prevent people from going to get junkers at the junkyard, then cashing them in for up to $4,500. Imagine the rip-off of the taxpayer by sneaky, sniveling cons. Think about this: how many clunkers from the 80's and 90's are worth $4,500? Now think about THIS - that is what YOU will be paying for them, even if their value is only $25. Yes, YOU will be paying $4,500 for a $25 car, because all that money from the government comes out of the people's pockets - yours and mine.

And think about this: if you are not well-off, or your kids need to buy a used car because they are just starting out in life - GOOD LUCK finding a decent used car at a reasonable price. Anything worth less than $4,500 is going to get crushed. Whatever is left will be in high demand, pushing the price up. This is going to cause great harm to the poorer folks. One idiot in Congress said, "Since it is the poor who own the clunkers, this is a chance for them to get some cash." Yeah, sure. But what will they do for wheels? Theirs got crushed, and so did all the others that they might have been able to afford. If you can get $4500 for a clunker, what are the chances you would sell it to a poor person for less? None! The poor will be priced out of transportation. Doesn't anyone think it's time to stop throwing poor people under the bus?

And you can thank your own Senator Susan Collins, who voted for this bill even though thousands of her constituents told her not to last time. Apparently, she does not feel obligated to represent the people who elected her. But we can fix that NEXT time she runs by not re-electing her! We would be better off with a Democrat that acts like a Democrat than with a person like Collins who gets elected as a Republican, but always votes with the Democrats. I would not mind her voting with the Dems IF she would be HONEST and run as a Democrat. It is her dishonesty and deceitfulness that I object to. Reminds me of the story of the wolf in sheep's clothing.

But I guess that is what we, the people must want, because we did little to prevent it. Thomas Jefferson nailed it when he said, "Every person gets the government he deserves." After all, the government can only do what we allow it to do.

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