And it’s going to be suspended. It was too popular. $1 billion in six days! You give away $3,500-4,500 for a car, who wouldn’t jump on that deal?

The government’s $1 billion “cash for clunkers” program, designed to boost stagnant auto sales, is almost out of money, putting its future in question, government officials said Thursday.
The program started only six days ago, giving vouchers to consumers who trade in their gas-guzzling cars for more fuel-efficient models. But the unexpectedly brisk response made federal transportation officials increasingly fearful Thursday that they would exhaust their allocated funds, according to sources familiar with those discussions.

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Lusk said his group has fielded hundreds of calls from frustrated dealers who were experiencing computer crashes as they tried to input data into the government’s Web site to complete deals.

Leave it to the government to mess it up and you people want the same people in charge of your healthcare. Yeah that will work.