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boatin · 08-01-2009, 11:09 AM

I'm shocked by popularity of this program. I'm on board with it, I think getting crap of the road and getting people to buy better MPG cars is fine. I think there's an argument to be made for creation of jobs in the auto biz, blah blah blah.

My problem is the bipartisan support of this. This seems to be ideologically against the "less government, fiscally responsible" crap that conservatives are supposedly in favor of. It seems to be different if their constituents want to buy a car. Americans and their cars... that makes it different?

It feels the same as raising the deficit for a war is fine, but raising a deficit is a problem for gambling on fixing the economy. Can anyone explain how this isn't hypocrisy of the most obvious sort?

08-01-2009, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
boatin Psycho	cash for clunkers I'm shocked by popularity of this program. I'm on board with it, I think getting crap of the road and getting people to buy better MPG cars is fine. I think there's an argument to be made for creation of jobs in the auto biz, blah blah blah. My problem is the bipartisan support of this. This seems to be ideologically against the "less government, fiscally responsible" crap that conservatives are supposedly in favor of. It seems to be different if their constituents want to buy a car. Americans and their cars... that makes it different? It feels the same as raising the deficit for a war is fine, but raising a deficit is a problem for gambling on fixing the economy. Can anyone explain how this isn't hypocrisy of the most obvious sort?