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CRONYISM: Taxpayers Paying for Gore-Backed Car (Karma)

Posted by FactReal on September 28, 2009

COULD YOU AFFORD THIS $89,000 HYBRID CAR?
Well, you are subsidizing it.
Despite all the populist talk coming from the Obama Administration & Democrats, taxpayer money is being used to subsidize Democrat-donor car companies. On top of that, Average Americans won’t be able to afford these taxpayer-subsidized green cars: $89,000 Karma or the $109,000 Roadster.

WSJ:

HYBRID CAR/MODEL: Fisker/Karma
PRICE: $89,000

- Company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Finland that will sell for about $89,000.
-Fisker’s top investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a veteran Silicon Valley venture-capital firm of which Gore is a partner. Employees of KPCB have donated more than $2.2 million to political campaigns, mostly for Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign contributions.

ELECTRIC CAR/MODEL: Tesla/Roadster
PRICE: $109,000

- $465 million government loan was given to Tesla Motors Inc., purveyors of a $109,000 British-built electric Roadster.
- Tesla is a California startup focusing on all-electric vehicles, with a number of celebrity endorsements that is backed by investors that have contributed to Democratic campaigns.

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The $89,000 Fisker's Karma hybrid (Getty images)

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2009 OBAMA-CAR MODELS: to replace your “clunkers” (funny images)

Posted by FactReal on August 3, 2009

From Bizarro World: You can replace your well running “clunkers” with these Obama ecofriendly models.

But before, did you know?
Video: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Language Gives Feds Authority to Take Control of Computers
Video: A well running Volvo engine was destroyed as part of the Cash for Clunkers program

 
CAR MODELS IN THE OBAMA-ERA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN (ONLY IN BIZARRO WORLD)!
Did government think of the consequences of this artificial quick fix

-This ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program was supposed to last 4 months, but it lasted 4 days.
-If government could not estimate the cost of this silly program, how can they manage our health care?
-This program proves that if you hand “free” stuff to people they will come in droves for the quick fix & not think of the consequences. The same will happen with state-run healthcare: people will crowd the system because they perceive it is “free.”
-Why destroy well running cars?
-Why add more junk to the environment that government is so concerned about?
-What will happen to people who can only afford a clunker?
(About 250,000 cars have been destroyed under this program)
-What will happen to the auto parts industry or the junk yards?
-What will happen if you need a part for your car?
(Will you be descriminated for not having an “ecofriendly” car?)
-Will people participating in this program be able to pay the monthly car payments and higher insurance costs for a newer car?
(The subprime mortgage crisis started when government tried to fix the market by forcing banks to give loans to people who could not pay them back)
-How many of those participating in the program do not have health insurance and could use that money to buy coverage instead?
-Dealerships are backlogged with so many transactions & tons of paperwork.
-Will government now offer cash for our food, clothes, appliances, entertainment, etc.?
-When will they stop giving our money away?
etc., etc.,
Killing a well running “clunker”

RELATED
Russ Carnahan to Hold “Cash for Clunkers” Speech on 8/4/2009 in St. Louis
Cash for Clunkers updates
Healthcare poster ideas

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