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Given its track record in the used car business (i.e. going broke in less than a week), should the government really be going into the business of managing health care?
That’s the basic point is being highlighted by a new advocacy group that says it is “scared stiff about nationalized healthcare.”
You can check the post out for yourself by clicking here. The group is called the Healthcare Alliance of SC …
We concur.
Of course “health care” is two words, guys.
Comments
By Pat Hendrix on August 4th, 2009 at 9:11 am
You’re citing the success of the program, that it was so wildly popular that it exhausted it’s budget in a week, as evidence that it was a failure? The logical thread is a little weak here, ladies.
By MBCaller on August 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I was made “stiff” moreso by the Purdue picture, if you catch my drift.
By fitsnews on August 4th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Pat-
This is nothing but another politically-correct bailout of Detroit. Pure and simple.
-FITS
By FWFIV on August 4th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Less than half of the cars sold via the program are made by US companies, so it is not a “politically correct bailout of Detroit”
By BC on August 4th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Currently the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) found itself in a very unusual position due to the popularity of the program. Many economist are hailing it as the much needed stimulus for the auto industry just as the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit has been for housing sales. Note the programs biggest sellers are not domestic cars but foreign made vehicles that consumers find more fuel efficient. So this is not really a “bailout” for Detriot. Nor is the likelihood of a nationalized healthcare system will see a flood of participants because many Americans are satisfied with their policies. Plus many private sector insurers will be forced into a competitive position providing more bang for the buck for the insured. Please read the facts before posting nonsense.
By Czar on August 4th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Pat judges success by the spending of money we do not have on the purchase of something we do not want.
Pat- Would it be a success if the gov starting buying up all our old clothes and ran out of money the first day ?
After all , just think of the jobs we would create in the textile mills and the dry cleaners .
This is not rocket science. You do not need as doctorate in economics to realize this as a waste of money.
Where does Congress have the power to go into debt to buy junk? I thought only the banks could do that and then get bailed out by Congress.
By scooter on August 4th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
50% of the cars sold were USA products, 50% of the rest were MADE in the USA, leaving only a few that are totally foreign made. And they were sold here, meaning US citizens made money, anyway. You guys that make fun of this program are having trouble with reality. The auto makers/sellers are happy as all get-out. They are loving to see people in their show rooms and buying! Talk about a boost to the economy. This is a great thing! And the health care program—it must pass. People without insurance can not wait another day. Will, and like minded people need to get on board and help this President, so we all can win. Stop standing in the way of progress.
By Richard on August 4th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Should I buy a foreign BMW made in the upstate or a Ford Fusion made in Mexico?
By Rick on August 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
After all people….$4,500 freeeeeeee, oh wait, somebody has to pay that $4,500.00. Off to see the wizard……
By dirtbogger on August 5th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Great point Richard, alot of times in order to be sure an american keeps his job is to buy a foreign, Ford just built a new plant in Brazil, Buick in China and ect. It seems that the Japanease are the only people building plants in the USA, and they asked for no bailout.
By Pat Hendrix on August 5th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Actually, Czar, the relative virtue of the program was not the point I was making. Frankly, I find the idea of crushing perfectly good cars a waste. Nevertheless, that wasn’t the point. This is: If the government wanted a program that gave an incentive to prod consumers into spending money, this program has been a success. That’s it. It achieved its stated goal.
By Rick on August 6th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Sooooooooooooooooooo, we got into this crisis partly because we spent money we didn’t have for products we couldn’t pay for, but its ok to take a perfectly good car, turn it into scrap, buy a new car(with payments) with a weakened economic condition, layoffs continuing, businesses closing, bank failures continuing….good planning on the C4C program, after all it’ll keep the government busy for 6 months processing paperwork, but everyone else….well it did clear the backlog of cars that have been sitting for months… if an individual loaded a gun, put it to their head and pulled the trigger, you could call that a success since it also achieved the stated goal, but I think the question should be…is it smart and does it have a lasting positive effect?