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To: Don Hurst who wrote (730518)	8/2/2013 1:09:09 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	3 Recommendations Recommended By longnshort Tenchusatsu TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578006

getting a spike in sales for two months that is followed by a dramatic drop in sales does not help any business. Anybody who is in the real business world knows that. Further, if you do it in one industry, how is it fair to not do it in other industries? and this probably hasn't occurred to you....economic cycles have a positive overall impact on the economy. It is unhealthy for us to interfere with them. If there is an economic downturn, the stronger companies will survive. Weaker companies will be forced to innovate or die. economic stimulus prolongs the conditions that lead to an unhealthy economy. don't worry, I don't expect you to understand that.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (730518)	8/2/2013 2:22:31 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1578006

Don, My gosh, have you checked the health of the USA Auto Industry lately? Cash for Clunkers came at a time when the dealers and companies just needed stimulus in terms of sales to keep their lines running, workers working, dealerships open, thousands of suppliers supplying... Of COURSE it came when the auto industry supposedly "needed" it. The question is whether it actually had an overall positive effect. The facts clearly show that after the spike up due to the Cash for Clunkers program, sales immediately sagged, resulting in a net effect of zero. None of that made any difference whatsoever. The auto industry is doing OK today because the general economy is recovering. They would have made it to this point with or without Cash for Clunkers. Tenchusatsu