How about Federal Cash for Derelicts?
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Most everyone has one of these in their back yard – some people even have one in their front yard. |
Now that we’ve seen how successful the Federal Government’s “Cash for Clunkers”
program was for auto dealers and Detroit, isn’t it about time that the feds help
boat dealers? After all the boat business is in far worse shape than the auto industry.
And why should the taxpayer help only one class of dealer and not another? What
ever happened to equal opportunity at the public trough? Just think of the benefit
to the environment of getting rid of all the derelicts you see permanently moored
in people’s yards, or rotting in boatyards around the country? And think of the
benefits of getting rid of all of those old 2-stroke engines which spit oil into
the waterways? Why not have the government pay $4500 each to every new boat buyer
who turns in a derelict boat?
What do you think --
