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We still don't know how much we're gonna have to pay for the "Clunker" in the oval office!

I took advantage of the Cash for Clunkers program and would not have bought a car without it.

Why is the Obama White House so much more viciously defensive than even the Bush White House? President Bush's press secretaries and mouth pieces would defend his policies, but you didn't see anywhere near the sharp, defensive fire breathing that comes from Obama's. It's unbecoming of the office of President of the United States.

SPIN it anyway the ursurper can to look presedential.....he's the forever emtpy suit.

No ...it's the propaganda machine at whitehouse.gov that
"doesn't withstand even basic scrutiny" and is based on "implausible assumptions."

WhiteHouse/Federal Government ... I'm calling you out. Your numbers are lies. You lie because you election was based on well funded special interests buying your allegiance.

Tha's probably very true. Who goes out to buy a car just because of a discount ? They had to be wanting and able to buy a new car to begin with.

Obama needs to stop defending this rediculous program of added debt.

All this did was create future months of low car sales and was so ill conceived that we put the USA in debt in support of Japanese companies...... How silly do you feel if you defend this poor attemt at helping the american economy? Why didn't we just ship the cash straight to Japan and send the bill to the middle class workers in the US.

Edmunds is right on...deal with it.

The more I read about Macon Phillips, the more he reminds me of a left wing Josef Goebbels.

This entire Obama White House is a CLUNKER!

ha ha ha ha what he means is the hate and fear-mongering republicans have been rendered quite weak ha h ha ha ha ha ha

Now they are attacking Edmunds, a car sales information company that lives and dies on its focus on an industry, for reporting what it observes? Not exactly Fox News guys. This tells me that they will attack and try to silence anyone that disagrees.

And any lib that has the chutzpa to defend this had better not call themselves an american. At least have the balls to man up and come to the village square to support this shameless putsch. We'll be the ones with pitchforks and torches.

Sorry liar in chief, they are right.

First you and your minions underestimated the program and mishandled it and if you did some truth telling since the program ended car sales have PLUMMETED again and those "fake sales figures" are what lead to the GDP growth this quarter (most of it).

You basically took sales from months down the road and compressed them into one month, the only way to save the industry is to change the MODEL, not bribe customers.

Underestimated the unemployment rates as well and also the amount of flu vaccines, and the stimulus bill, Barry, have you gotten anything right?

You lied about the jobs saved as well and BEST estimates have it at $70, 000 for EACH job supposedly saved?????????????

Good payback people?

And you sheep want them or trust them with MY healthcare and MY childrens money in the future?

Not a uh, uh, uh chance.

Leave it to those nasty, wicked Republican supporters to find away to smear good things done by the Democratic Party.

Cash for Clunkers was a complete bust and it has cost the taxpayers enormously per car!

No to Cash for Clunkers with more foriegn cars than American cars were bought the rules need to be enforced better and changed to American cars only. Also as was proven all the last giveaway all it did was have people buy cars early. Stop the giveaways and bailouts four all. Also stop the tax break for home buyers with kids, illegal immigrants,and ineligable IRS workers getting tax credits needs to be enforced or stopped. If the government cannot stop the fraud in these programs does America really believe the government can stop fraud in Medicaid and Medicare?

Not just a boost for the auto industry but also got some gas guzzlers off the road.

Reducing the dependence on foreign fuel.

This administration is full of a bunch of liars. I just read an article put out by the AP about how they lied about how many jobs were created by the stimulus. That's to bad for the AP because now they too will no longer be an news organization.

Sales of cars dropped off dramatically after the program ended. In the long run, the auto industry is still having a very bad year. So I don't know how it can be considered a success. Just a lot of red tape for the dealers.

It doesn't make sence to destroy a perfectly good asset and call it a success. Lets give everyone a $250,000 tax credit to burn down their house and have it rebuilt that will create jobs. I am sure people who can only afford used cars don't call this a success because it raises the price of used vehicles because there are less of them.

Only the most stupid can question the cash for clunnkers program!!

I can't wait for the tax breaks on pets that is pending in congress now as my sons have left the nest. They will being paying for all this nonsense. I'm glad they are Medical Doctors. They can afford it unless the socialized medicine program congress is trying to pass limits their pay to what a McDonald's worker gets. What a country!!!

I believe the report also said that US taxpayers ended up paying about $25,000 per vehicle. Another government waste, can't wait till they run healthcare. Im sure they clean up their act by then.

Hey Edmunds key words to study.
" implausible assumptions"

Go Study Health Care

The War, 20,000 more troops or 50,000 will get it done

You Have any Home Sales Stats.

Dumb!
How Do You Know. Where's the proof!
Please Give Me Tomorrows Lotto Numbers!

Only the arrogant and unabashed O'ministration could "fight back" against overwhelming evidence that the government overhead contributed to an obscenely bloated "Clunker" initiate. Another Big Goverment flaming failure. Just wait until we get Government-run Insurance and Health Care. YIKES!!!!!!

It's far cheaper to simply hand out money – like in tax reductions! Works every time its tried...

DUMB!

125,000, How do you know?

Please Give Me Tomorrows Lotto Numbers!

All of obama's policies are weak,nothing new about that. Don't know if jimmy carter was even as lame is this buffoon is. How in the world did we ever elect this moron.

It seems that the main effect of the cash for clunkers was to inflate the prices of older used vehicles! This helps the sellers, but hurts the buyers, many of whom are lower income!

"Quick, someone is disagreeing with our Administration's hyperbole. Let's ridicule and stamp out those evil people."

The only people this helped was illegal aliens. the mexicans were able to turn in their jalopies and then skip back across the border. Wake up America! Stop saying how thankful you are to have such a president. He is a fraud, liar, hypocrit, and coward. Things are messed up when those are the virtues some americans cherish. We need Bush back, bad!

Cash for Clunkers was a "OK" idea. It was not the huge success the WH likes to take credit for, but it was a somewhat reasonable bailout attempt.

Not sure what people are complaining about. This was the most effective stimulus programs they had.

Even if some of the cars would have been sold anyway the result would have been a finacial incentive for the purchaser which is a form of direct stimulous to the taxpayer.

Another fine example of our government at work. The credit of $4,000 per car to qualifying buyers cost the taxpayers $24,000 per car. Our government couldn't run a one car funeral and they want to run our health care system!!!! If the idiots had to pay for all the overages on their programs, they wouldn't invent them.

The farcical Cash For Clunkers program illustrates two things: 1 Tax cuts work to stimulate economic activity, and 2 our government can't even run a simple rebate program without screwing it up royally.

Is anyone really surprised that a goverment program or policy fell way short of expectations? I'm not.

Any help is better tan no help. The idea that the administration keeps trying to help the economy shold make people hopeful. I guess we could just sit around and wait like the repos want. We are fortunate to have a whit house that is progressive rathet than the party of No

Even here in the "Golden" state you see far less Obama bumper stickers.
Now I know where they went!

Don't tell me this is a company that supports the Republicans........you can smell the stench from where I sit.......

This was nothing more then a give -away for the upper middle class. Rather then give $4,000. for a new car, the bill should have given $2,000. to twice as many people to buy used cars. It would have helped lower income people trying to get by. Some may have been able to drive to work. As it turned out as soon as cash for clunkers stopped, so did new car sales.

Edmunds.com should look at this fact: With 690,000 more fuel efficient cars on the road, how much less dependency on foreign oil did we achieve. The Cash for Clunkers program not only provided stimulation to a very stale auto-market, but also reduced oil dependency. It's a start. It's a positive step in the right direction. That's a lot more than I can say for Edminds who has overvalued gas guzzlers for how many years now?

So our government our tax dollars 13.560 billion so that people that are working could by a new car. It looks like the government knows how to bury us.

The White House Staff continues to "lash out" and anyone and everyone who challenges or criticizes the Obama Administration. Are we living in the age of the "Pennsylvania Avenue Bully" operating under the montra of the Chicago Political Thugs. Cash for Clunkers was another BS give-away program that was ill-conceived and poorly handled. Why can't they accept failure and move on to their next "save the world" initiative? Edmunds.com presented a good analysis of the C for C program and the Administration doesn't like it - but that does not make Edmunds the bad guy.

Someone will have to pay for those cars that were bought under this program. Wait six months to a year and see how many loans will foreclosed on. This was a bad idea

Cash for clunkers and the benefit or lack there of, is but a fart in the wind! Lets start talking about how globalization and outsourcing of American jobs is killing the American middle class, the planet and people, all in the name of global capitalism and corporate greed...any takers? Huh, I can't hear you......crickets.......come on you right-wing conservative obamahater zealots, lets start a dialogue about that! CNN, MSNBC, FOX, blogosphere...anybody!

Look, I'll I know is that there are 4...that's right 4 brand new cars on my street alone that came out of this Cash for Clunkers thing. That combined with the amount of ad money that locally dealers spent to help promote it on radio and TV is enough to tell me that the program was a success.

Sombody want to buy Barack Obama???

He should of gave a rebate for appliances as well as for cars. This waa as it appears a Tarp funding again.

Everyone I know who took part ion the plan came out smelling like a rose – as did the Government, since junk autos have been taken off the street. Just another example of Rethugs stepping on each and every thing President Obama tries to do. The latest I heard is that only 20% of Americans will admit they are Rerpublicans. Enough said.

Edmunds.com claims sales were only 125,000 cars but the economy also had additional junk business to see massive increases in their business,,,,,,,,stimulus. While this Clunker Sale was taking place, the economy was getting into position to star making a turn around and according to GDP our economy has started to grow. Now I know part of that growth is from the Clunker Sales but there is now some growth to our economy and the Clunker Sale was part of what helped to carry our economy until it was able to start it's own growth again.

Good for them! What has this country become when speculative reports become news? The report of 24,000.00 per card or 125,000 in sales was based on assumed figures by the group and no rela fact.
Unfortunately in the next few days the Obama haters will have it out there as fact in an emial campaign to disparage any good done byt the CFC program.

How dare they disrespect the prez, call them out, threaten them, and say they aren't real car salesman. I can't believe how anyone can question this Democratic run country. Look how good we have done since 2007 when Dems took control, first Obama voted all the new spending into law and than this year he inherited this mess, from himself . Only what 7+ million jobs lost, debt only up a trillion plus, but hey this cash for clunkers program has been very sucessful for Toyota, Honda, and other foriegn companies. Obama should get an award for this like a Peace Prize or something.

The White House LOOOOVES to shot the messenger, don't they?

They love to "call out" everyone else, but when someone calls them out...Forget it. That's why they hate Fox News, they can't stand it when someone calls THEM out.

Edmunds.com isn't political in any way. They just reported the facts as they saw them. Cash for Clunkers was NOT the success the WH claimed.

Same thing happened with the jobless report. Only 30000 jobs created? Give Barrack a cookie. Now we find out that they overstated the job creation by a couple thousand.

Way to go Dems! You're really burn'en up the joint!

Well, figures don't lie, but Liars figure.

Who is Edmunds.com, and who paid for their study? Why should I not toss their views in the same trash bin I have reserved for Rasmussen?

Anybody?

This administration hates it when somebody dares to disagree. Therefore, I think it a good idea to disagree.

1. It keeps them occupied and keeps them away from doing things that would be really damaging.

2. The only vetting of their plans seems to occur after we point out their errors. Obviously none of them actually bother to read their own plans before the are made public.

i guess Edmunds is the latest member of the administartion's enemies list.

What lies? All I heard from this story was that Palin Lied, but the DNC did not give evnen one example, If she lied tell us about what she said and howm it was a lie.

Claiming others lie because you disagree with them is childish, prove your statement or stay at home..

Why is the White House fighting Edmunds.com? I've never heard of them and it doesn't seem like an important site. Doesn't Obama have better things to do. It seems he just can't take criticism. What a cry baby.

Spending tax payer dollars is NOT helping the economy, it is costing us all more in taxes. Why not give everyone 50,000 to buy a house, that would help the housing market, realtors, appraisers, etc? Not only was cash for clunkers a waste of our hard earned money, they blew it by not mandating the purchase of an AMERICAN car only. No Toyotas, Hondas, etc. This administration is so clueless when it comes to stimulating the economy. Get the private sector hiring more people to pay taxes............it's not rocket science, just common sense, which is missing from Obama and company.

So a program that lasted for less than two weeks gave months worth of boost?

Do these people even think before they speak?

Did Edmunds take into consideration the sharp improvement in the Japanese economy because of Cash-For-Clunkers? Does that not count for something? Okay, maybe not.