Cash For Clunkers Success Report Being Hidden
Transparent my ass
By Andrew deRenzy
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009, 11:36The left is parading the cash for clunkers program as a success, however they are unwilling to release the actual data from the car dealers and manufacturers on how exactly successful the program is.
This from Michelle Malkin
The Obama administration is refusing to release government records on its “cash-for-clunkers” rebate program that would substantiate—or undercut—White House claims of the program’s success, even as the president presses the Senate for a quick vote for $2 billion to boost car sales.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday the government would release electronic records about the program, and President Barack Obama has pledged greater transparency for his administration. But the Transportation Department, which has collected details about 157,000 rebate requests, won’t release sales data that dealers provided showing how much U.S. car manufacturers are benefiting from the $1 billion initially pumped into the program.
The Associated Press has sought release of the data since last week. But the public and Senate Republicans demanding more information will have to wait for details because federal officials running the program don’t have time to turn over data delivered by car dealers, said Rae Tyson, spokesman for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
You would think that they would be throwing the numbers in our faces, but they refuse to provide them to even those on their side, the AP. They want 2 Billion more to extend the program but cannot show us the hard numbers. I guess that’s how they like to run things, give people NINJA loans. Provide no proof that they are benefiting Americans but want more money? This may not be the most transparent White House in that we can see what they are doing, but we can definitely see right through them.
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