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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 08:31 PM Original message |
Senate reaches deal on extending ‘clunkers’ |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Dems have the votes. The public wants it. Why was there a need for a deal with the GOPers? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. some Dems said they'd vote against it. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Senate reaches deal on $2B 'clunkers' refill |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. A valuable lesson learned with C4C. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They could easily authorize a tax deduction for the purchase |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. What about about the carbon footprint of making a new vehicle? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I don't have a problem with the program...as long as we all realize what it really is. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Agreed on both points. But I'm still hard up enough to need this right now. : \ |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I didn't mean to imply it was bad. Quite the opposite, in fact. |
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Expedite Trucker (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Lets hope this gets the US auto industry pumping again |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Good news |
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Duckhunter935 (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. wait 6 months |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Great! A program that is stimulating the economy |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I'm on the fence about it. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Donating the vehicles |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes it would. I'm just saying there is a down side to it. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. These Vehicles are Gross Polluters |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Look at it this way: the program will lost only few more weeks |
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tailspin17 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. FYI...This is BS... |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Every amendment was voted down |
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tailspin17 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Actually discourages me from buying a car now..... |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yeah! And I'm pissed off about homeless people getting free soup! What do I get? |
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tailspin17 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Eh... |
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