Comments on: Ross Perot for Car Czar: 8 Reasons to Sic Mr. Reform on the Big Three

By: Small Business

Small Business — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:06:38 +0000

What if cars aren’t consumable products? Why can dealerships only turn a profit based on strong service department numbers? Cars last longer? It was stated on the congressional floor over and over? GM taxes? Nope, not for years, and not for many more… People making 150k per year with two cars and a house are broke… Trapped. Just look at sales tax.. 6% of 30k = $1800 Plates $200 x five years + $1000… other fees at sale $500… That is up to $3,300 not the car sells in five years for 15k time 6% = 900.

GM make a car and sells it… The government makes $4,100 (very conservative)
$4,100 is Just under 14 % not a bad margin for no risk?
9,020,000,000 What the governent took in for Just GM
(2.2million cars sold in 2007.)

I would challenge that these figures only represent around 20% of the money the us government takes in from the way americans behave with auto mobiles. If that figure is close, and I don’t have a clue, then we are talking around 45 billion dollars in revenue the government enjoys JUST From GM?

Wonder why they they gave um a day in court?

By: MIke

MIke — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:19:20 +0000

Yeah right. Someone who can slap school principals around and isn’t afraid of the DoD surely can fix this trivial problem.

How about someone who actually understands something about cars?

By: John MAson

John MAson — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:31:50 +0000

I always thought he would be a Great President and I voted forhim when he ran. Good business man.

jess
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By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:10:44 +0000

Great Idea – His family backed hedge fund is liquidating assets, lets give him someone elses (read taxpayers) money to play with.

Better yet Ax the auto bail out bill….
Plans for a “car czar” seem to still be included as part of the deal. So, not only will your money be spent for the bailout, it will be used to pay a new government appointee, staff his office, and take care of the other requirements that come along with that job. (It also gives them one more person to shift the blame to when the problems continue.)

All of this is being done again, of course, out of “necessity,” we are told. Just like buying up all the toxic assets was a “necessity” until the Treasury got the money and decided to spend it on everything but. This is what happens when the majority of Congress is not guided by any philosophy other than the one that says that government can cure all of our ills with just a little more money (or billions more).

A vote could come at any time, with signs pointing toward later today.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com

By: Ted Murphy

Ted Murphy — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:28:57 +0000

I think you made your case very effectively. Let’s get him in there.

By: william

william — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:42:25 +0000

An even better car czar:

Ralph Nader

By: Sharlyn Lauby

Sharlyn Lauby — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:59:44 +0000

Ever since the whole idea of a ‘car czar’ was mentioned, I was skeptical. Could not think of a single person who had the intestinal fortitude to get the auto industry in line (and call the loans if need be). Well, Drea…you found him. Now if we can only convince him to take the job.

Thanks for the nice post!

By: Mark Parker

Mark Parker — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:09:58 +0000

If only we had a “czar” to slap the House and Senate members in line we would have something….to quote Mark Twain: “Imagine you were an idiot and in congress. But I repeat myself.”
Somethings just don’t change!