<VV> Cash for Clunkers

[J R Read_HML]

So, how did they pick the interviewees?  They looked at owners of Antique 
Vehicles and avoided them?
Later, JR

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> All,
>
> Here's more on a topic of general collector car  interest.  Link and text
> to follow.
>
> Doc
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> _http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/
> may_2009/42_like_congress_cash_for_clunkers_car_plan_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/may_2009/42_like_congr
> ess_cash_for_clunkers_car_plan)
>
>
>
> 42% Like Congress’ ‘Cash for Clunkers’  Car Plan
>
>
>
>
> Friday,  May 08, 2009
>
>
>
> Americans give mixed reviews to Congress’ “Cash for Clunkers”  plan to
> encourage the purchase of new, more fuel-efficient cars.
> Forty-two percent (42%) favor the proposal to offer car  owners up to
> $4,500 if they turn in their old vehicle and put the money toward  an
> energy-saving replacement, but 34% oppose it.
> However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey  finds that
> hardly anybody is paying attention to the plan just yet. Only 14% of 
> Americans
> say they are following news reports about it even somewhat closely.
> While the plan will benefit struggling U.S. automakers, just  34% of
> investors support it. Forty-six percent (46%) don’t like the idea.
> Similar programs are already in existence in California and  Texas, and
> supporters of the federal legislation hope to get one million older  cars 
> off
> the road, according to a report in _The Washington Post_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/may_2009/42_like_cong
> ress_cash_for_clunkers_car_plan#) .
> Those participating in the survey were not told how much the  program 
> might
> cost. Initial estimates indicate the program could cost taxpayers  one or
> two billion dollars annually.
> The _federal government_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/may_2009/42_like_congress_cash_for_clunkers_car_pla
> n#)  and the United Auto Workers union are expected to become  the 
> majority
> owners of General Motors and Chrysler under the deals now being  worked 
> out
> by President Obama’s auto task force. If that happens,_ most Americans
> (57%) believe the government is likely to pass laws  and regulations that 
> give
> GM and Chrysler an unfair advantage_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/auto_industry/57_expect_government_will_give_gm_chrysler_unf
> air_advantages)  over other car  companies.
> Sixty percent (60%) of voters still think, looking back, that  the
> _government auto loans to keep GM and Chrysler in business were a  bad 
> idea_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/federal_bailout/most_americ
> ans_say_bailouts_were_bad_idea_political_class_disagrees) . Seventy 
> percent
> (70%) _oppose any additional bailout funding_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/auto_industry/only_18_say_uaw_government_will_do_
> good_job_running_gm_chrysler)  for the two failing auto  companies.
> _In January_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/environment/most_say_foreign_company_will_develop_alternative_fuel_car_first) 
> ,
> 51% of voters supported the idea of tax credits for  those who buy more
> energy-efficient, alternative fuel cars, but this was down  seven points 
> from a
> year earlier.
> _At the beginning of the year,_
> (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/most_recent_videos2/business/voters_see_alternatives_in_their_driving_pl
> ans)  49% said they would prefer to buy  an alternative-fuel vehicle to a
> traditional gasoline-powered one.
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