Cash for Clunkers

Cash for Clunkers is yet another example of the government worsening our economic situation. at first glance the bill might seem plausible. The program gives citizens the option to trade in their old “gas guzzlers” in for a newer, more fuel efficient car. Those who participate can receive a rebate of up to $4,500 to $5,500 towards the purchase of a a new fuel-efficient car. So far the program has spent $1 billion that has led to the sale of 250,000 new vehicles. Now the Obama Administration is pushing for a $2 billion expansion of the program.

There are certain factors of society that the U.S. Constitution forbids government to interfere with, such as the free market. The reason being that it is a danger to the welfare of America. The Constitution set borders for our government, and when government oversteps those borders, bad things happen.

This program has been causing Americans to sell their American cars and trade them in for foreign ones. The Department of Transportation has reported that the top five trade-ins are all American cars, while six of the top ten (as well as  four of the top 5) of the new cars are foreign.  So instead of stimulating our economy, this new bill has helped to stimulate foreign country’s economies such as Japan. And in doing so has taken American cars off the road, and has replaced them with foreign cars. Obama is not stimulating our economy and producing jobs, he is only worsening our economic situation.

Many are afraid that the Government might one day make the trade in of fuel inefficient cars mandatory. I wouldn’t put it past them to do so. We the people have to keep in check corrupted politicians who try to pass legislature that takes freedom away from the people, and gives it to the government. We haven’t done a good enough job in the past, and have allowed our government to take away some of the freedoms granted to us by the Constitution. Mark Levin, in his book: Liberty And Tyranny, explains how our government has overstepped Constitutional limits in several areas of society. Liberty and Tyranny is a great read for any Conservative who wants to know how far our country has come from its Conservative roots, and how we can bring it back.

Calvin Lyman