Cash for clunkers down under?

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So many interesting and valid points here.

Originally Posted by Fairlane

Seriously who owns a pre 1995 that can afford to buy a new car, virtually no one and what difference in $2000 gonna make when they are still 20 grand short.

Yup.

Originally Posted by pottery beige

Ronald McDonalds clown show....

Not quite. Ronald McDonald actually amuses kiddies and has some integrity. Also, he isn’t trying to send the country broke.

Originally Posted by Interceptor

brilliant idea, first bloody clunker that needs to be traded in and scrapped is that brainless bimbo gillard

Hopefully that will happen.

Originally Posted by bobthebilda

What an absolutely piece of crap, and a complete insult to anyone with half a brain.
Its just another Labour piece of spin to try and win over someone, and try and put some sort of green edge to it.

Sadly, many people who vote don’t even use half of their brain and believe this garbage.

Originally Posted by flappist

Hyundau Getz, $12,000 brand new.....

A fool and his / her money are soon parted.

Originally Posted by Fod

What"s the bet that the cost of a new car will increase by exactly $2000!!!

Probably more. Refer to the fool and their money above.

Originally Posted by GK

Agreed. They may as well be $1,000,000 short!
For sure. People get caught in a financial situation where all they can afford to do is buy a similar aged car, or keep repairing their current car, which slowly gets more and more run down. Another rushed ideological lamebrain idea from those who purport to know how to take the country forward.

There will be people stupid enough to over commit themselves because they think that the carrot that’s being dangled is just so tasty.

Originally Posted by Matt P

My issue is where is the money comming from, more things I have to fund for others.

That’s an easy question to answer. The money comes from the magic money pit, the one we throw our hard earned into every week.

Originally Posted by XRtowcar

I like the idea of getting all P plate driven VN and VL Commodores off the road.
Especially as they can only get into green cars.

Sadly this will never happen. You’d have a better chance of brokering a peace deal on the West Bank.

Originally Posted by xtgt1968

This is the part of the press release that concerns me. "Ms Gillard also announced new mandatory fuel efficiency standards for all new cars from 2015."

We thought that you wouldn’t notice that.

Originally Posted by BA Falcon

How is it costing the government $2,000 per vehicle, when the state government would be making roughly $1,000 due to stamp duty on a new car and the federal government would be making what would like be at least $2,000 in GST per new car. That's $3,000 of taxes that fall directly into the government's hands when someone buys a new car. So really is it costing them anything?

Bingo. The ultimate game of deception, smoke and mirrors anyone?
What they give with one hand, they take (with a little extra) from the other.