More b.s. from 'cash for clunkers'. Now the government thinks they can force dealers into delivering cars that they have no assurance they'll ever get reimbursed on.
https://home.autonews.comUnbelievable…this is so heavy-handed, it's telling private individuals how to run their businesses. It would be like saying I have to deliver pictures to clients without being paid for them, that I should just cover the expense myself and wait for a government check....maybe if they approve me and whenever they feel like getting around to paying out. Making a parallel to getting involved with the mob is so accurate…if you take a dime from the government they are going to control you. And the CBS evening news will just report how theiving and greedy the dealers are without ever telling you that these guys are laying out hundreds of thousands of $$ out of their own pockets (not to mention the hours and hours of adminstrative follow up to collect the incentives) that is completely at risk. I don't blame the guy at the end of the article that is opting out of the program...he's even smarter than we can see right now. If they ever give out 'free' health care, we'd be well advised to avoid it for fear of how much of our lives they will control the second we take it.
This dealer's comment on the story sums it up pretty well:
"How can MY government tell me that I have to spot deliver car deals? How can they tell me that I can not protect myself with an addendum? I am kind of freaking out over the whole thing. I am a smart organized dealer. I have not spot delivered one car deal. I have told my customers that they can pick up there car when the deal is approved. I felt it was prudent to do this since nobody seems like they know what is going on.
Now the government has the ability to control my store and force me to spot deliver cars. They even provided a hotline so my customers can report me to Gestapo HQ. I really thought all of this "Obama is a socialist" spin was a bunch of right wing noise. Like I said, I am starting to freak out a little bit."