I'm with you, Anna. I drive a 10 year old car, but it's not considered a "clunker". It doesn't matter what your actual mpg is, they go by what the government rates your car at. Then I got the idea of using my husband's 20 yr. old pickup truck, and yes it barely qualified, but by that time they cancelled the program.

"Hmm.... If Congress can't put together something like a car rebate program and make it work, what makes people think they could put together a health care deal that works?"

This is THE QUESTION all Americans should ask. If our government can't run the CARS program without exhausting funds what makes us think they can run health care?

Sure you can...I just did. Would you like apples or oranges?

RedBlueGreen is right. The Cash for Clunkers program was provided with a certain amount of money, and the program was so successful that it has already used up all the funding. It was never meant to last forever.

For Ms. Rochelle to say she doesn't watch much news after making the observation that she "heard" there was a glitch in the CARS program is worrisome. If she writes a column that allows her to spread her views via this newspaper, shouldn't she at least be informed enough to know the facts?

Our government is at least as trustworthy as the insurance companies who now hold our lives in their hands (if we're lucky enough to have insurance). As the greedy insurance executives take ever larger multi-million dollar salaries, rates will continue to rise and we will find ourselves (or our employers) less and less able to afford coverage.

Our military, our veterans, and our senior citizens all have government run medical coverage. If that's so bad, why are so many eager to sign up for it? Nothing is perfect, but we cannot afford to continue down the path we're on.

True Raven.. as was federal income tax...yet another fine program by the "progressives".

All I hear is how successful Cash for Clunkers was. The problem is I can't figure out what they are calling success. I don't see unemployed auto workers being called back to work, I don't see auto companies coming out of bankruptcy. I guess if success means how fast you can throw Taxpayers money away they set a new record. Or if success is how easily the people are fooled, they pulled it of flawlessly. What was really accomplished? It's the beginning of the new model year which means most these cars would have been going on sale anyway with more than $4,500 knocked off the price of many of them. Most likely you could have gotten a lot better deal than $4500 off the MSRP. So if paying more than normal makes you happy then go home with your new car with a smile. The dealers are sure smiling.

As far as getting these more efficient cars out there they all would have gotten there sooner or later anyway. The dealers were not going to just throw them away.

What this program really accomplished:

1. Another handout to the car manufactures.

2. No help to the lower income working families who can not afford a new car.

3. Eliminated the cars being traded in from the used car market thus eventually driving the price of used cars up. Thus making it harder on the lower income working class that need a reliable car in order to get to work.

4. Cleaned the lots of the 09 models making room for the new models without the need for the year end sales.

Don't you just love success!!

I agree with you notgreenenative:

Not only are the veterans being abused by our government but so are the disabled! My husband has been in a wheelchair for 33 years.( a parapelegic) They find all kinds of ways to deny him. From getting a wheelchair when his is falling apart, telling him he doesnt need new tires when his is showing the innertube to medical supplys. Im like you I have not seen anything in Obamas plan either. These people who think he is gonna make things better is just fooling themselves.