"Couldn’t get reimbursed for the cars that have already been sold.... on the hook for more than $35,000 in payments.... Many of the reimbursements haven’t been processed because of the backlog on the government website"
Related: A Clunker of an Insult
I just heard a CLANK!!!!!!
"the suspension was the latest example of how poorly the program was run. Its rollout was riddled with glitches, its rules left room for potential corruption, and the government’s website for processing the promotion’s paperwork crashed within hours after the launch.... hasn’t been able to submit most of the paperwork for reimbursement"
This is what YOUR TAX DOLLARS are PAYING FOR, America? This is the SERVICE you are getting?
Before reading the MSM account below, just remember that LOOTING BANKS and WAR PROFITEERS are NOT TREATED in SUCH FASHION, 'murkn sucker!!!!!
"$128 billion for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which would push the total for those wars and other efforts to combat terrorism above $1 trillion"
All of a sudden Saddam Hussein's Iraq was part of combatting terro.... oh, yeah, right. Consider the source.
Enjoy the morning helping of Boston Globe business bulls***:
"US may suspend ‘cash for clunkers’; Officials fear $1b program is running out of money" by Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | July 31, 2009
The government could suspend its popular “cash for clunkers’’ program today, amid concerns it may have already exhausted $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases a week after kicking off the promotion, according to media reports.
The program, designed to boost slumping auto sales, offers owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle. In Massachusetts, local dealers reported brisk sales because of the discount, and now some worried the suspension would be another set back for the industry.
“It would devastate everything we have been doing,’’ said Joe Bellizia, sales manager for Cambridge Chevrolet & Honda. He said his dealership has been jammed with customers trading in their old cars. The dealership has already delivered four cars under the promotion and is slated to deliver eight more today.
Bellizia he said he wasn’t sure what the dealership would do if the program were suspended and it couldn’t get reimbursed for the cars that have already been sold. He said the dealership could potentially be on the hook for more than $35,000 in payments.
A White House official said later that officials were assessing the situation facing the popular program, but auto dealers and consumers should have confidence that transactions already made under the program would be honored.
In this LYING, LOOTING GOVERNMENT? No f***ing way!!!!!!!!!!
Jerry Chase Jr., owner of Framingham Ford Lincoln Mercury, couldn’t believe the program might be suspended, figuring there was enough money to last until September. “I’m shocked,’’ said Chase. “I’m having a hard time believing that many cars could be sold and registered.’’
Translation: WE ARE BEING LIED TO AGAIN so the government can SHUT THIS PROGRAM DOWN and STIFF YOU, 'murkns!!!!
Massachusetts dealers also have been busy because the state sales tax is set to rise to 6.25 percent tomorrow, spurring some customers to rush to file their orders by the end of the month.
Ernie Boch Jr., head of Boch Automotive of Norwood, said he thought the suspension was the latest example of how poorly the program was run. Its rollout was riddled with glitches, its rules left room for potential corruption, and the government’s website for processing the promotion’s paperwork crashed within hours after the launch, Boch said. He said over the past week he has sold 26 cars under the program but hasn’t been able to submit most of the paperwork for reimbursement.
“It’s ridiculous, failed, debauched - you name it,’’ said Boch.
Rae Tyson, a spokesman for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which administers the program, declined comment.
Reporters always tell us they are needed more than us bloggers because we don't command attention or have authority; however, WTF?!!!!! How often do you read NO COMMENT or UNABLE to VERIFY (depending on what it is) by one side or the other in the papers? A LOT!!!
Congress last month approved the Car Allowance Rebate System program, known as CARS, to boost auto sales and remove some inefficient cars and trucks from the roads. The program kicked off last Friday and was heavily publicized by car companies and auto dealers. The promotion - slated to run through Nov. 1 or as long as the funds last - offered new car buyers cash vouchers for cars that get less than 18 miles per gallon and are less than 25 years old.
The government may suspend the program because it was concerned it was running out of money. Many of the reimbursements haven’t been processed because of the backlog on the government website....
“There’s a significant backlog of cash for clunkers deals that make us question how much funding is still available in the program,’’ said Bailey Wood, a spokesman for the dealers association. Last night US Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, called the program a success and urged Congress and the White House to provide additional funding for it to continue until November.
Pffft!
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"House cuts F-22, passes defense bill" by Associated Press | July 31, 2009
WASHINGTON - Despite objections and veto threats from the White House, a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill passed by a 400-to-30 vote contains money for a much criticized new presidential helicopter fleet, cargo jets that Gates says are not needed, and an alternative engine for the next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that the Pentagon says is a waste of money.
Yup, THEY AIN'T RUNNING OUT of MONEY!!
Related: Obama Cuts Defense Budget Less Than One Percent
It also contains $128 billion for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which would push the total appropriated by Congress for those wars and other efforts to combat terrorism above $1 trillion. The bill rejects President Obama’s $100 million request for the Pentagon to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba.
I NEVER BELIEVED he would anyway!
He's BROKEN EVERY DAMN PROMISE he made!!!
Though the House is packed with Obama loyalists, the draw of defense industry jobs for weapons systems is strong even among the most liberal members.
And THAT RIGHT THERE is what is WRONG with America and its shameful, self-righteous, submerged-in-shit liberals!
See: Meet Your Antiwar New England Liberals
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