Two Billion More for Cash for Clunkers

Today, the House of Representatives approved another two billion dollars for the “Cash for Clunkers” program.

The House of Representatives voted to provide an emergency $2 billion for the “cash for clunkers” program on Friday…

The New York Times

The funds were appropriated at the expense of other legislation.

The House shoved other business out of the way on its last day before the August recess to rush through a measure to address the cash shortage of the car program. The vote was 316 to 109, with significant support from Republicans as well as Democrats.

The New York Times

It appears that many republicans have jumped on board despite their initial criticism of the program. Still, some are doubtful.

The panel’s ranking Republican, Jerry Lewis of California, complained that Democrats, who have a 256-to-178 majority in the House, were rushing the measure through with too little thought, — “shoveling another $2 billion out the door,” in his words.

The New York Times

What amazes me is that some on the right are saying that because the program was more successful than originally thought, the administration cannot be trusted to reform health care.

Really?

The Obama administration created a program that had never been tried before and was so popular with the American people that most republicans admit we now have to continue funding it. Maybe the Obama administration is thinking of “outside the box” solutions that will carry us past the morass, lies, and incompetence of the Bush administration.

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