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[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by mikefocke

Ford just called back workers to start up another shift to produce more cars because they don't have enough to sell wouldn't convince anyone that the program is having a desired effect..would it?

If you wanna play the 'Entitlement Game', why is the Administration even trying to prop up the Auto Industry? Obama himself has stated (as recently as mid-July) that the auto industry jobs are just not gonna come back - Obama: Lost Auto Jobs Are Gone Forever . If that's the case, why are we spending taxpayer money on such a fruitless effort? What happens the next time the auto industry takes a downturn? Well don't look to the UAW to lend a hand - Auto Workers Union Rules Out Concessions To Help Detroit Bailout , so why are we so hell-bent to rush to help them?

There are many more jobs lost in the housing and construction industries. Why not give people $4500 credit toward the down payment on a house?The auto industry has lost about 600k jobs while the housing and construction industry has lost more than 2 million jobs.

Could it be that the CARS program allows Obama to make a bigger splash and give him an 'instant win' in what has otherwise been at best a mediocre, and at worst a dismally failing, 100days? Or does it allow him to target the industry, the ethnicity and the region which supported him in the Presidential race?

Could it be that the Contruction and Trades unions - the 45,000-member Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association, the 200,000 member Building and Construction Trades Council, the 230,000 member Sheet Metal Workers' International Association and the United Transportation Union, the 25,000 member International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, the 700,000 member Laborers' International Union of North America, all of whom supported Hillary Clinton in the DNC primaries are less worthy than a measley 400,000 member United Autoworkers Union? And, the possibilities are not just limited to these industries, there are several segments in trouble that could be assisted.

And, what do you say the the guy who wants to buy a new car the day the money runs out? Too Bad? And what about non-drivers? My 86 y.o. mother has never driven a car her entire life, relying on public transit and walking, she's not, and has never been, part of the problem, yet she must involuntarily pay to entitle someone else to be.

That's the problem with entitlements - they single out one group for preferential treatment at the expense of everyone else. This is not the type of program which is a solution to America's economy, not even short term. But, it's a great way for the President to grandstand before the American People.