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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10732)	10/26/2009 10:11:22 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

Sorry, but you are talking to the wrong guy on this one. I needeed a 'buzz around' car and used the program to score a new Civic this summer at a great price... In any event, I think the main intent was to stimulate car sales.... To: TheStockFairy who wrote (214871) 8/9/2009 5:55:26 PM From: John Koligman Read Replies (1) of 226220 I bought a CIVIC LX with automatic. Sticker was $18,975, and the dealer sold it to me for $16,270 less the $4500 clunker money, so it was net $11,800 before tax. Best regards, John

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10732)	10/26/2009 10:16:22 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

<<<Even if you think this sounds political, you can not fault the math........ the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million>>> I wonder how many people it takes to manufacture 700,000 autos. How much did they make? How about auto dealers? How many sales people were needed to sell 700,000 autos? How much did the auto manufacturers pay in taxes? How much did the auto dealers pay in taxes? How about all the body shops, towing companies, and scrap dealers? How about the food and medicine that were bought by those people employed in the cash for clunker deal spend? How about all the stores and service were involved? Sheesh. The math gets pretty complicated, doesn't it?