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Old 10-02-2009, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Thumb of Michigan
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It's the "I got mine" mentality that's a hallmark of lib thinking. Obamacare, SS, clunkers, whatever. Give it to me now and let others pay the bill back later. It is the new American way.
Well, you should be sorely disappointed then with the conservative mentality as well....


(there's a name for this affliction; oh yeah it's called "closet lib")
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Sinking in the Great Salt Lake
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FWIW -- There's been a recall on your Toyota with the floormats possibly sticking to the gas pedal. Be on the look-out...

That's just great, now I'm REALLY screwed...
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Old 10-02-2009, 03:09 PM
 
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The only benefit we've seen from the the Cash for Clunkers Program is that it took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! Love this comment! Rep to you!
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Old 10-02-2009, 04:13 PM
 
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Are all of you unemployed only to wish upon others of one's own fate?

The old crabs-in-the-barrel mentality is ever so evasive here.
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Im waiting for the big Repo sales in a few months


You are right, I meant the big repo sales in a few weeks.
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Old 10-02-2009, 04:47 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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The only benefit we've seen from the the Cash for Clunkers Program is that it took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road!
It probably stimulated the purchase of replacements and as we all know, bumper stickers are a significant part of the economic engine towards progress...










sarcasm, folks, sarcasm...
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Old 10-02-2009, 05:02 PM
 
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There will be a bailout for the banks that lose money on these loans too!!
Probably a bad idea for those folks to fork over $20,000 for a new car unless it was throw away cash - they shoulda kept their clunker and bought one of those $50k houses
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Old 10-02-2009, 05:23 PM
 
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Probably a bad idea for those folks to fork over $20,000 for a new car unless it was throw away cash - they shoulda kept their clunker and bought one of those $50k houses
The insurance companies made a fortune though.
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Old 10-02-2009, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Don't worry..the next government handout is already in play.

-got your house with the government rebate
-got your car with the government rebate

Now get your appliances with a government rebate.
Everybody replace your washer/dryer/refrigerator with cash for appliances.

Me..I'm gonna wait for cash-for-sneakers and cash-for-jeans. I can use a few new pairs.
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Old 10-02-2009, 06:35 PM
 
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Wow, don't know the difference between a "trickle up effect" and the "trickle down effect"?

Hey, for what it's worth, we've been working alot of hours, including Saturdays because of the Cash for Clunkers deal. That means more disposable income to help with an already anemic economy.
I know what a rat hole is, and I know what unsustainable debt is too. I also know that a child born today owes $150,000 for our past spending. Does that help?

With our current trade agreements and heavily unionized, taxed and regulated manufacturing the only trickle up effect will be felt in Mexico and China. Thank Clinton for NAFTA and China's permanent MFNTS. We are borrowing money from China to buy Chinese big screens, and no matter how much OT you put in, the multiplier effect is China's alone.
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Old 10-02-2009, 06:59 PM
 
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When many of the new car buyers can't pay the monthly payments on their new cars, maybe we can do a government sponsored car buy back/loan forgiveness program.
Just park your car on the dealership lot and run away.
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