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wrightme43
August 03, 2009
Obama channels Robert A. Heinlein
Michael Geer
[FONT=times new roman,times]The dean of science fiction writers anticipated the arrival of Barack Obama and his cash for clunkers nonsense. As instructional videos teach people [/FONT][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waj2KrKYTZo"][FONT=times new roman,times]how to disable a perfectly fine Volvo[/FONT][/ame][FONT=times new roman,times] to qualify to be scrapped in exchange for cash, here is what Heinlein wrote in his sci-fi novel The Door Into Summer more than half a century ago:
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Obama channels Robert A. Heinlein
Michael Geer
[FONT=times new roman,times]The dean of science fiction writers anticipated the arrival of Barack Obama and his cash for clunkers nonsense. As instructional videos teach people [/FONT][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waj2KrKYTZo"][FONT=times new roman,times]how to disable a perfectly fine Volvo[/FONT][/ame][FONT=times new roman,times] to qualify to be scrapped in exchange for cash, here is what Heinlein wrote in his sci-fi novel The Door Into Summer more than half a century ago:
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[FONT=times new roman,times]The job I found was crushing new ground limousines so that they could be shipped back to Pittsburgh as scrap. Cadillacs, Chryslers, Eisenhowers, Lincolns - all sort of great big, new powerful turbobuggies without a kilometer on their clocks. Drive'em between the jaws, then crunch! smash! crash! - scrap iron for blast furnaces.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]It hurt me at first since I was riding the ways to work and didn't own so much as a Grav-Jumper. I expressed my opinion of it almost lost my job....until the shift boss remembered I was a Sleeper and really didn't understand.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"It's a simple matter of economics, son. These are surplus cars the government has accepted as security against price-support loans. They're two years old now and then can never be sold....so the government junks them and sells them back to the steel industry.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]You can't run a blast furnace just on ore; you have to scrap iron as well. You ought to know that even if you are a Sleeper. Matter of fact with high-grade ore so scarce, there's more and more demand for scrap. The steel industry needs these cars."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"But why build them in the first place if they can't be sold? It seems wasteful."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"It just seems wasteful. You want to throw people out of work? You want to run down their standard of living?"[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"Well why not ship them abroad? It seems to me they could get more for them on the open market abroad then they are worth as scrap."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"What! and ruin the export market? Besides, if we started dumping cars abroad everybody we'd get everyone sore at us - Japan, France, Germany, Great Asia, everybody. What are you aiming to do? Start a war?"[/FONT]
What A Waste (Cash For Clunkers) - The Market Ticker
Putting one of the sectors of the economy that is doing ok, (auto repair and used cars) at a huge disadvantage is just stupid. Par for the course for these idiots though.
[FONT=times new roman,times]It hurt me at first since I was riding the ways to work and didn't own so much as a Grav-Jumper. I expressed my opinion of it almost lost my job....until the shift boss remembered I was a Sleeper and really didn't understand.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"It's a simple matter of economics, son. These are surplus cars the government has accepted as security against price-support loans. They're two years old now and then can never be sold....so the government junks them and sells them back to the steel industry.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]You can't run a blast furnace just on ore; you have to scrap iron as well. You ought to know that even if you are a Sleeper. Matter of fact with high-grade ore so scarce, there's more and more demand for scrap. The steel industry needs these cars."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"But why build them in the first place if they can't be sold? It seems wasteful."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"It just seems wasteful. You want to throw people out of work? You want to run down their standard of living?"[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"Well why not ship them abroad? It seems to me they could get more for them on the open market abroad then they are worth as scrap."[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"What! and ruin the export market? Besides, if we started dumping cars abroad everybody we'd get everyone sore at us - Japan, France, Germany, Great Asia, everybody. What are you aiming to do? Start a war?"[/FONT]
What A Waste (Cash For Clunkers) - The Market Ticker
Putting one of the sectors of the economy that is doing ok, (auto repair and used cars) at a huge disadvantage is just stupid. Par for the course for these idiots though.