...or, "Proof That Nobody In Congress Actually Knows What's In The Bills They Vote On."
Congress has included golf carts in its definition of "Energy-efficient Automobiles."
I thought it was a spoof. It's not.
Congress seems absolutely bound and determined to
1. throw our tax dollars at anything and everything under the sun in the name of "stimulus" or "pwotecting the enviwonment"
and
2. re-invent itself as the biggest semi-permanent clown show this side of the Ringling Brothers winter quarters.
On the bright side, they're giving both The Onion and TNOYF some pretty stiff competition...
Congress has included golf carts in its definition of "Energy-efficient Automobiles."
We thought cash for clunkers was the ultimate waste of taxpayer money, but as usual we were too optimistic. Thanks to the federal tax credit to buy high-mileage cars that was part of President Obama's stimulus plan, Uncle Sam is now paying Americans to buy that great necessity of modern life, the golf cart.
I thought it was a spoof. It's not.
This golf-cart fiasco perfectly illustrates tax policy in the age of Obama, when politicians dole out credits and loopholes for everything from plug-in cars to fuel efficient appliances, home insulation and vitamins. Democrats then insist that to pay for these absurdities they have no choice but to raise tax rates on other things—like work and investment—that aren't politically in vogue. If this keeps up, it'll soon make more sense to retire and play golf than work for living.
Congress seems absolutely bound and determined to
1. throw our tax dollars at anything and everything under the sun in the name of "stimulus" or "pwotecting the enviwonment"
and
2. re-invent itself as the biggest semi-permanent clown show this side of the Ringling Brothers winter quarters.
On the bright side, they're giving both The Onion and TNOYF some pretty stiff competition...
Sorta like a baby camel spider wearing "Hello Kitty Zombie" jammies...
I geared one down and rewound the motor to use as a recovery vehicle to extract the rentals whose drivers thought they could hit Warp Three down the 18th fairway and still stop before they got to the Nissiquogue River. Sucker wouldn't do more than ten miles per, but it could haul 800 pounds of brakes-locked, waterlogged Cushman out of three feet of mud and drag it through dry sand...
Yes .. we all know it takes balls to play golf.
Picture or Photoshop, I don't care -- I need to see this
Intended consequence #1: do as much long term damage to US economy as is possible to get away with.
Intended consequence #2: buy votes with give aways.
The cash for clunkers wasn't ever about buying cars or any such. It was all about throwing away money and buying votes. The vote purchases were, primarily aimed at the auto workers union, but any collateral vote purchasing is just gravy.
Just saying...