Friday is a wonderful day. Because of that, I'm going to write a few words on all the things that are bothering me in the world of politics. It'll be a weekly thing, because nobody feels like working on Friday.
PEEK-A-BOO! CAR TAX!
Something of a interesting note I came across today. I'm sure the onslaught of commercials for the Cash for Clunkers is not forgotten on us. I distinctly remember being blasted by commercials for Toyota, Ford, Chevy and Nissan in rapid-fire succession one after another without break.
I remember thinking that Nissan had phenomenal commercials by advertising cars for $4,500 less while Chevy basically flushed customers away by advertising cars for normal prices with $4,500 in options. Well, whether you took the drivable cheap car or flushed your funds away on a brand new options riddled, get ready for the peek-a-boo tax.
I could go off on a tirade about how it's not the government's job to get people to buy cars. This credit had nothing to with buying cars. It had everything to do with saving the UAW, a self-destructing virus of a union if I ever saw one. If it were about saving the American car industry, Chrysler wouldn't have been sold to Fiat, an Italian car maker. But that, my friends, is a completely different bag of worms.
What I'm angry about is something much simpler. That $4,500 is taxable. Get ready to pay.
MISGUIDED EFFORTS WASTED ANYWAY
Republicans should be working on what we do best. We've been wasting all of our time trying to push back the onslaught of new spending Obama has introduced to virtually no avail. Time to switch gears! We need to focus our efforts on creating avenues and counterattacks to increase revenues for businesses, small and large. Re-labeling is a good thing.
For every new tax the democrats cook up, the republicans should introduce a bill that offers a greater tax breaks or shrinks the government in a way that helps businesses to grow and prosper. President Obama promised to be a president that would reach across the aisle and bridge the gap between democrats and republicans. Thus far, he's proven that he's the exact opposite, but that might just be because we're spending all of our efforts opposing him.
Let's give him the opportunity to stonewall our legislation. Conservative congressmen need to start writing new legislation to cut taxes, and when we are shut down, we can turn the tables during the next election cycle. On the other hand, if he doesn't shut us down, America wins anyway with new financial possibilities and opportunities for growth.
This would bring the argument back to the core ideals that everyone has an opinion on and that republicans should win: smaller government, lower taxes, the right to life, etc..
CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION...
I was driving today. I turned out of my house, went down the road to the main street and hit traffic. I turned onto the highway only to come to an instant stop. And went south to the next highway I needed to get to only to be stopped on the exit ramp. On the way home, vowing not to take the roads I took down, I was stopped on the back roads.
I looked up and saw a sign: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Putting Americans to Work.
It might be putting road construction workers to work, but it certainly made it difficult for me to get to my work. There's not going to be many non-state construction workers left if we all jump out of our cars and run ourselves over in frustration. And then who will be left to tax?
Nothing left to say. Enjoy your collective weekends.
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cash for clunkers was also to put more cars on the road that are better for the environment. It may have helped the sales of cars, but it also helped with jobs, made it affordable for people to get something better in this economy, and helped others out by that money they saved being spent on other things, which also helps with jobs. Basically if someone bought a new car, they get that money to pump back into the economy. It'll help out in the long run. Every little thing helps these days.
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ReplyDeleteSo their plan was to tax the enviroment all along! I knew it. Just kidding, of course...
ReplyDeleteI do see the economic benefit for having better milage cars on the road, but my real beef at this point is the idea that we're being taxed the $4,500 that was offered by the government in the first place.
An example of a good credit was the first time home buyer credit. $8,000 of our own tax money given back to us that you don't have to pay back as long as you stay in the home for three years.
Give with one hand and take with the other. I want my social security tax back in my retirement planning. I doubt I'll get what I want... but I'll have a few words on that REAL soon.
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Friday, August 28, 2009 7:15:00 PM"
I was thinking the same thing.
Cash for Clunkers was a good idea that was destroyed because it was run by the government. Is it a bad thing to encourage people to buy new cars and get rid of their old eyesores (cars worth less than the C4C rebate amounts)? Not at all! The problem is when the government, as they do with everything, both underestimates and mishandles the funds necessary to implement the program.
A more efficient idea would have been to offer a full tax credit of $4,500 to a consumer if they purchased a new vehicle, more fuel efficient vehicle. But that would have made too much sense, and wouldn't have made it sound quite as urgent as getting the cash on the spot (which some dealers have still yet to be reimbursed, as is my understanding).
And, my goodness, what the crap is going on with US-222 out here in Lancaster. I'm dreading my drive up to King of Prussia on Tuesday because of it.
I'm with you on the UAW, having worked in a GM plant, I saw how they worked (or didn't, yanno, whatever.) Also, the whole debate over so-called imports being made in America against so-called domestics being made in Mexico...
ReplyDeleteI think Republicans need to work on their image before they start attacking taxes, or anything else for that matter. How many people do you think have been driven away by what they have been saying lately? I'm not sure that I've seen them propose anything other than attack the president at any and all costs. Or at least that's how they seem to come off.
To be fair however, it seems like the democrats have no balls. So, you have zealots on one side, and eunuchs on the other. Combine the two and we might get a decent political party.
I'm not exactly sure zealous eunuchs would ever be a good thing to have in any government ever.
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