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08.25.2009 4:51 pm

The “Cash for Clunkers” stimulus may do more harm than good

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In the oxygen thin world of the Barak Obama administration the idea of Cash for Clunkers took root as a stimulus for the economy. If one looks at the lead up to this, and the physical realities of what it…

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08.10.2009 6:54 pm

Taxpayers paying for foriegn-made cars won’t stimulate U.S. economy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Let me get this straight. The US tax payers gave $3500 for a foreign clunker to buy a new foreign car made in a foreign country by non-tax paying auto workers. Wasn’t the cash for clunkers law passed to stimulate…

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08.06.2009 7:13 pm

Cash for Clunkers outrage is misplaced

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
You folks at the Post should give David Nicklaus an asprin.  He’s obviously got Compulsive Outrage Disorder.  The purpose of the Clunkers program was not to support the auto industry or the economy, it was to get old, inefficient cars…
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06.12.2009 5:00 pm

No sympathy for car dealers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I have very little sympathy for the plight that currently confronts our auto dealers.
Forever car salespeople and dealerships have been methodically and systematically ripping off the car buying public. One does not drive a car off the lot unless it’s…
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06.02.2009 5:51 pm

Free enterprise is in danger in the United States

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 Our free enterprise, capitalistic economic system is headed down a slippery slope now that the federal government has become involved in part ownership in both the banking and auto manufacturing business. The danger of ”creeping socialism” is rearing its ugly head. What industry that…

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06.01.2009 5:23 pm

Government ownership of GM doesn’t benefit anyone

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

     The government has a plan for General Motors. The government will continue to give GM money, which will benefit GM and its suppliers. Adding money to the economy will benefit the economy.

     However, as part of the plan, the…

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05.22.2009 5:56 pm

On Memorial Day 2009, wondering about Memorial Day 2010

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As we prepare to observe Memorial Day 2009, I cannot help but wonder what the United States will be like next Memorial Day. Will we have a memorial for the country as we once knew it?

The president wants to treat…

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05.08.2009 6:10 pm

What we drive drives America

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Anyone in a America driving a foreign car…Shame On You.  The St Louis Auto Industry has been a important source of tax revenue, good jobs, and large charitable contributions.  The Corporations and the UAW have been very generous within our…
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