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You so readily mix apples with oranges, and make such unbalanced
comparisons that I think you do them just to fan flames. We don't
even know what Haliburton bills the government! The contact cannot be
audited. Cheney's options went up over 8000%. What are you talking
about profit, and how do you compare Haliburton to the Chrysler shop
down the street?
John
On Jul 31, 2009, at 2:50 PM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:
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> John,
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> I understand economics very well. From the article: "One of the
> Clunker program's main champions in Congress, Sen. Debbie Stabenow,
> D-Mich., said the incentive has provided an important boost to the
> economy and resulted in 200,000 car sales.
>
> "I am delighted to hear dealers say that all of their salespeople
> are busy and they are selling more cars in a day than they had been
> selling in a month," Stabenow said.
>
> Cash for Clunkers, which Congress passed in June, was set to end on
> Nov. 1 or whenever its $1 billion budget was depleted."
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>
> The original program resulted in 200,000 car sales. The program was
> set to end on Nov. 1 or when the $1 billion was gone. The billion is
> gone, the program is done. It doesn't need an additional $2 billion.
> Those who missed it, missed it. Too bad.
>
> The country has better, more critical things to do with its money
> than to help people buy new SUVs (which is what they're doing, or
> didn't you realize that?).
>
> Question for you...car dealer profit is good, MNE profit is bad...is
> that correct?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jonathan Gramling <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:22 pm
> Subject: Re: Cash for Clunkers
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>> If you understood economics and had been paying attention to what
>> is going
>> on with the auto industry and consumer spending, you wouldn't even
>> ask
>> the
>> question.
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>> Okay. There are people losing their homes, health insurance, and
>> jobs.
>> The
>> best thing the President could find to do with $2 billion dollars is
>> to buy
>> old cars????
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>> House OKs $2 billion more for Clunker program
>> House passes bill to add $2 billion for Cash for Clunkers program.
>>
>> http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/31/autos/cash_for_clunkers_update/index.htm
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>> NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The House on Friday passed a bill to
>> allocate
>> another $2 billion to the Cash for Clunkers program.
>>
>> The move came after reports on Thursday had raised concerns that
>> the program
>> was out of money.
>>
>> The bill which diverts $2 billion from a U.S. Department of Energy
>> program
>> loan guarantee program, passed 316-109. The bill will face tough
>> opposition
>> in the Senate, which is expected to take up the issue next week.
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