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Obama wants YOU … to buy a car
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Posted on 03/30/2009 2:27:41 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama wants YOU … to buy a car

Posted by: Steve Holland Tags: Front Row Washington, autos, Barack Obama, Chrysler, GM, IRS

AUTOS-OBAMA/President Barack Obama is now America’s car salesman.

Obama made his sales pitch on Monday as he laid out White House plans for restructuring the struggling auto giants General Motors and Chrysler. Buy a car, he said, and you might qualify for a tax deduction.

“The IRS is launching a campaign to alert consumers of a new tax benefit for auto purchases made between February 16th and the end of this year — if you buy a car anytime this year, you may be able to deduct the cost of any sales and excise taxes. And this provision could save families hundreds of dollars and lead to as many as 100,000 new car sales,” Obama said.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs followed up on this theme a bit at his daily briefing saying Obama “absolutely” would prefer for Americans to buy U.S.-made cars.

“I don’t want to turn this into an advertisement,” he said,

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; bailouts; bho44
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To: Sub-Driver

Two Mercedes, a BMW and a Toyota.

But my Lola T342 has a Ford engine..


61 posted on 03/30/2009 3:09:55 PM PDT by Wil H (No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
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To: Sub-Driver

Two Mercedes, a BMW and a Toyota.

But my Lola T342 has a Ford engine..


62 posted on 03/30/2009 3:10:27 PM PDT by Wil H (No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
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To: Non-Sequitur

bump


63 posted on 03/30/2009 3:14:59 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: Sub-Driver

GM - Government Motors, where you wait four weeks for an oil change.


64 posted on 03/30/2009 3:28:53 PM PDT by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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To: Sub-Driver

I did buy a car. In November. German car. Paid cash. Got a good deal.


65 posted on 03/30/2009 3:35:44 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: mnehring

Five Marks a week? For how long?


66 posted on 03/30/2009 3:37:49 PM PDT by AceMineral (Offically unapproved of since 1973)
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To: MeanWestTexan; DallasDeb
Thanks for reminding me that it is for Texas - I knew I had deducted it last year and forgot it was just for us.

So in other words, Barry's stimulus means squat for us... lol

67 posted on 03/30/2009 3:43:08 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Serkit 3/19/09 "Slow Joe needs to stay out of the deep end of the Think Tank")
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To: Winstons Julia

...go buy a Ford pickip...’

My wife bought a new ‘08 Mountaineer last week. Old one had 150K and goofy little things were beginning to go. Were looking at a used one with 25K but the ‘08 was just a couple of thousand more with 100 miles on it...never thought I would ever buy new.


68 posted on 03/30/2009 3:44:51 PM PDT by dogcaller
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To: Sub-Driver
please someone save us.......

Sorry. The mob has spoken.

69 posted on 03/30/2009 3:46:03 PM PDT by SaveTheChief (Obama lied, America died.)
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To: CindyDawg

Yes! My 2002 used Taurus is almost paid for - running great now after it’s tune-up. almost 110,000 miles. No thanks...


70 posted on 03/30/2009 3:48:12 PM PDT by RebelTXRose
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To: Sub-Driver

I’ve got the hots for the new Escalade Hybrid. I’d love to “Buy American” and support GM because I’m patriotic. (We currently own a domestic SUV and a foreign sedan).

But since Zero wants me to buy a new car, I won’t. Sorry GM!!


71 posted on 03/30/2009 3:49:24 PM PDT by GatorGirl (Proud Citizen of the Gator Nation!)
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To: freekitty
Dr. Vaknin has written extensively about narcissism.

Dr. Vaknin States “I must confess I was impressed by Sen.Barack Obama

from the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate.

He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident - a wholesome presidential package.

The first time I saw obama he was a US Senator. He was on a committee asking his questions.........My first thought was, he's a Farrakhan trained goon. What does that say about me and my instant impression versus what this Dr. saw and thought when first exposed to obama?

I'm far from any kind of expert about anything,yet my first impression seems to be close to what obama is.

I appreciate your post as I had not read it before. I am curious why the Dr. and I had such different first impressions.

72 posted on 03/30/2009 3:51:13 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: BARLF

Who knows; but Obama is proving you both right.


73 posted on 03/30/2009 4:23:50 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Sub-Driver

First it was Joe Isuzu. Now It's Barak Obama.

74 posted on 03/30/2009 4:33:31 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd: ON)
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To: freekitty

http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html

Profile of a Sociopath


75 posted on 03/30/2009 4:51:59 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: 6SJ7

ok, you win!

And not far from the truth.....


76 posted on 03/30/2009 4:55:48 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: Sub-Driver

So why Mr. President did you not give each of us taxpayers $20,000 or $30,000 and I would be more than happy to get a new car seeing that I need one right about now. You should have put bailout money directly into the hands of working taxpayers. That would have stimulated this economy. Oh, but I forgot that isn’t what you really want.


77 posted on 03/30/2009 4:58:34 PM PDT by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
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To: Sub-Driver

Obutthead is going to send us all $40,000 for this, right?


78 posted on 03/30/2009 5:20:30 PM PDT by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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To: BARLF

That’s Obama to a tee.


79 posted on 03/30/2009 5:20:41 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I will not buy a Car or Truck from Hussein!


80 posted on 03/30/2009 5:21:57 PM PDT by TNoldman (Conservative Values FOREVER!)
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