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2009-08-20 Economy

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The Vikings are going to be pissed if there's a long delay in getter their $4,500.00 for Brett Favre.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-08-20 01:10|| 2009-08-20 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Not to worry! Government-run health care will be free of these snafus, fubars and annoying frictions of bureaucracy. No, really!

Posted by SteveS 2009-08-20 01:14|| 2009-08-20 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 So, if I have 4,500 in student loans and a clunker I can go to a dealer, trade it in for 4500 off a new car - and get my student loan paid too?

Sweeeet!

(Sucks to be the dealer...)

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-08-20 01:24|| 2009-08-20 01:24|| Front Page Top

#4 A clever way of neutralizing car dealers as election contributors. Let's be honest: who really cares about car dealers anyway, they have a bad reputation.

Posted by gromky 2009-08-20 06:03|| 2009-08-20 06:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Honestly, did anyone really expect the government NOT to screw someone with this?

Besides the taxpayers....

Posted by DarthVader 2009-08-20 08:06|| 2009-08-20 08:06|| Front Page Top

#6 I guess the dealers who lost their GM/Chrysler dealerships a few months ago were actually kind of lucky, then?

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-08-20 08:28|| 2009-08-20 08:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Add New Mexico to the list. The problem for the NM dealers is that all their Reps and one Senator are freshmen without clout. Heh.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-08-20 09:02|| 2009-08-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#8 "CASH FOR CODGERS"
and it works like this...

Couples wishing to access health care funds in order to pay for the delivery of a child will be required to turn in one old person.

The amount the government grants them will be fixed according to a sliding scale. Older and more prescription dependent codgers will garner the highest amounts.

Special "Bonuses" will be paid for those submitting codgers in targeted
groups, such as smokers, alcohol drinkers, persons 10 pounds over their
government prescribed weight, and any member of the Republican Party.

Smaller bonuses will be given for codgers who consume beef, soda, fried foods, potato chips, lattes, whole milk, dairy products, bacon, Brussel sprouts, or Girl Scout Cookies.

All codgers will be rendered totally useless via toxic injection. This will insure that they are not secretly resold or their body parts harvested to keep other codgers in repair.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-20 09:38|| 2009-08-20 09:38|| Front Page Top

#9 How about a cash for congressmen program? Wait, they have that already. Bribes and lobbyist take care of the clunkers, I mean congressmen.

Posted by Art 2009-08-20 10:30|| 2009-08-20 10:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Whenever I read a story like this, whether banks or car dealerships whatever, I am reminded of that scene in Clerks where they argue who was on which Death Star at its time of destruction - and the contsruction worker throws in the story about his buddy who worked on a mobster's house and was killed during a hit. His point, when you are in business you should know who you a working for and take that into consideration.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-08-20 10:53|| 2009-08-20 10:53|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd like to trade in this Cutlass Supreme for an S Series Mercedes.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-08-20 15:40|| 2009-08-20 15:40|| Front Page Top

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