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An Associated Press story this week reported:
Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government’s Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in getting reimbursed by the government…”
(Here’s the link from the Dallas Morning News.)
This certainly appeared to be a simple program to set-up and administer. If you have the right old car, you could receive up to $4500 back on the right new car. There were basically only two standards to meet, and yet the program ran out of money almost immediately and now it’s taking so long to pay that dealers are dropping out.
This is the same government that wants to reform our health care by getting more involved in the process.
God help us all.
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on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 am
Yeah, and another thing. My neighbor who’s works for a dealer said he’s lucky his outfit has enough room to store all the cars they’re taking. He’s got something like 200 cars waiting to be junked and a lot big enough to handle them. Other places, he said, have to pay to rent space to house them until such time as they can have their engines seized and then disposed of. Crazy. Oh, and he hasn’t been paid one red cent yet. He said the administrative paperwork is a nightmare.
on Aug 24th, 2009 at 10:27 am
I’ve been saying for years that if we want the government to run anything we should just take a look at DPS. Everyone I know hates DPS and how nothing is efficient and there’s no emphasis on serving the public, blah, blah. But the cash for clunkers is a PR nightmare.
I’m really glad you’re writing about it though Dan. Good to hear from you.