From: Glen Bedel (GBedel@designforum.com)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 12:37:09 PST
Don't the Japanese have a form of this now?
-----Original Message-----
From: paul carrier [mailto:paulc@teleport.com]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:38 PM
To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
Subject: Re: [MV] U.S. Senate Bill Would Fund Private Vehicle Scrappage
Programs
> How is this legislation
> bothering the people? It is
> actually benefiting
> them by helping them get a
> better vehicle to drive. So
> far nobody has
> pointed out a legit reason
> why this proposed legislation is bad.
>
Try "A waste of money " ?
How is paying some poor slob even a
$1000 going to enable him to buy a newer
car ?
Lots of people driving those 15 year old
cars won't be able to afford newer even
with the payment.
Those that can may be driving those old
cars because they like them.
> As for large corporations, as
> long as our elected officials
> (Dems and
> Repubs) are bought and paid
> for by them, we the people
> are always going
> to come off second.
>
Campaign finance reform as written won't
fix this either.
SSG Paul D. Carrier
Readiness NCO
3670th Maint Co (GS)
Camp Withycombe, OR
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