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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:58 PM Original message |
Poll question: Cash for Clunkers |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just a way to enable lazy ass fucks who have the delusion that they "need" a car |
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GodlyDemocrat (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Most Americans need a car, save those in good public transport metros |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Most "lazy ass" Americans |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Lots of people CANNOT walk or bike places, due to physical problems. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. If that was true 95% of the parking spots in lots would be handicapped spaces |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I invite you to walk 20 miles to school in the AZ heat. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Why would I? I choose to live close to the places I need to go |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Well good for you. Some of us cannot afford to live where ever we want. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:35 PM Original message |
In the heat of Phoenix? I don't think so. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's a dry heat |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. ... |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Tell that to somebody who is disabled. n/t |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. But, us non-"lazy ass" Americans risk our lives walking an biking |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Sorry, my anecdotal evidence proves that you're wrong |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I live in Phoenix. Our public transportation system is in shambles. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. We could ride the light rail... if it hasn't struck a pickup truck on that day! |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm at ASU starting next week. So my situation is a bit different. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I was teasing a bit but if they can get the light rail to more cities it could help. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Public transportation? |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mine definately clunks. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have an 87 Volvo wagon that I love...but it is old. My second. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Bullshit wars are caused by our insatiable appetite for oil |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. No kidding? |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Here's a website on the program--from the consumer side |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. give me the $4500.00 and I'll take my gas guzzler off the road |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Yep-give the money to THE PEOPLE. I'm sick of all these corporate giveaways. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Government financed asset depreciation. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Good way to get $4500 for a car that's got a trade in value of $188 |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The only people who qualify are people that own vehicles with low mileage |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Nope, you're wrong. We just got $4500 for our 1999 Blazer with a gazillion |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. You can use the electric/hybrid tax credit with it? |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That isn't true. The miles on the car have nothing to do with it. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I think the poster meant low gas milege, not odometer mileage. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Correct, and I was wondering why people would be dumb enough to own low MPG cars in the first place |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Hey, I've owned it for 20+ years, 272k, still runs fine |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. 20+ years ago the price of gas was innocents slaughtered in oil wars |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Forget it. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Forget that you think life is cheap? Fat chance |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Wow, that's a bit of a stretch. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Someones feels like being a prick today. Not all of us can afford high mpg cars. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. There's lots of cheap cars that get more than 20 MPG |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. But then again, cars might be handed down through the family... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. How difficult is it to know what mileage a car gets when you buy it? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You are acting very bitter. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Aren't you the Arizonan that didn't know who the Meat Puppets were? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Today? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Word |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. My clunker is rated @18 mpg, so I'd just make it. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. If I give you $10 bucks, will you take a Republican and crush him? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Special - three for $15, call now, operators are standing by. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's a really good idea |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's a stimulus program, right? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. It was implmented and handled just fine... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. This program should only be for American made cars. nt |
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