Jim DeMint: Gov’t ‘Out Of Control’ On Clunkers
The fate of the “Cash for Clunkers” program will be decided this week, depending on whether or not the Senate votes before leaving for its August recess.
Senate Democrats are struggling to win over enough reluctant Republicans to pass a $2 billion extension of the popular rebate program that gives consumers up to $4,500 to trade in their old gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Senator Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has been an outspoken opponent of the program, calling it on Sunday indicative of the “stupidity that’s coming out of Washington right now.”
On CBS’ “Early Show” Tuesday, DeMint said, “This was another program that was rushed through without even reading the bill language. It was actually attached to an emergency war supplemental bill.”
DeMint argued that the program is an example of government at its worst. “The dealers tell me it’s been so mismanaged they have no idea when and if they’re going to get their money,” he told “Early Show” anchor Maggie Rodriguez.
Nonetheless, automakers are crediting the program with working too well: auto sales are up, and some dealers are actually complaining that they don’t have enough cars to sell as inventories — stymied by plant shut-downs — are depleted.
The part that is in bold is especially troublesome. Could someone explain why we allow our government to attach and pass bills that have no relation whatsoever with one another?
Get involved and contact your Congressmen and Senators and urge them to support “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA). This bill would require that each bill that comes to a vote to be about one subject, and one subject only. This bill could have prevented the REAL ID Act and potentially this government prop up of the auto market, Cash for Clunkers.
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