According to the Headline of the Day, the Cash for Clunkers government program helped Ford report their first gain in auto sales since November 2007.
In future news, the Cash for Clunkers program will run out of money again in two years when everyone trades in their 2009 Fords.
Still-president George Bush has granted $17.4 billion to GM and Chrysler. Ford was apparently told to suck it. (The Bushman is a huge fan of Degeneration X.)
To thank us, the taxpayers who funded their bailout, GM and Chrysler executives have announced that we will all receive a brand new 2009 Corvette.
That’s one for all 301,139,247* of us. To be fair, though, only 242,677,887 of us — at most — are eligible to drive it.
*Source: The CIA World Factbook, December 18, 2008.
