I've seen some creative ways to ensure votes go your way in elections but nothing beats Barack's "Let's buy your old car so you can buy a new one" strategy.  What he's done is turn the US Government into a version of CARMAX.  It would be laughable if it wasn't so insulting.  Barack has mixed the issues of Climate Change, Pollution, Manufacturing Sustainability, and full employment for the state of Michigan into a national subsidation policy for one industry.

It's not that I'm against people having new cars and getting the old ones off the street.  I'm just curious why, except for votes in the 2012 Elections that he chose the automobile industry to subsidize.  Why can't I trade in my old house, get a voucher for the back payments, wipe my credit clean, and be given a new one under favorable financing terms.  In fact, why don't we extend that to old clothing, artwork, computers, pets, parents, and time shares.  I mean, if you're buying votes for the next election cycle, let's get as many as we can.

Here's Barack's problem:  He's an economic moron.  Smart, well educated, but a moron nonetheless. We and he would be better today had he had a paper route growing up.  All he's done is to take the industry's employee pricing model of the early part of this decade and make it national policy.  A new car in every garage, breatheable air, and a credit score to die for.  In my 57 years of being on the planet I've never seen such a brazen act of industry favoritism and an almost criminal diversion of assets.  While I'm clear the the United States Constitution gives the President great powers, I'm also clear that it wasn't the founders intent to make Barack a candidate for Auto Executive of the Year.

The one good thing that will come out of this is that by allowing Chrysler to merge with FIAT, Barack has guaranteed that Italy will never become a world power.  Two of the world's worst automobile products have now merged to become one.  Their new slogan should be:  TOGETHER WE ARE REALLY AWFUL.  My only improvement suggestion would be to forge a second alliance with PaPa John's and develop a smaller, fuel efficient model for delivery boys.  Feed the world on less gas...I think it's a winner.

Socialism occurs when you allow the government to invest and tax your money until it's all gone.  Hopefully, the poster child for Hope will realize that before it is.