Perspective affects perception. The way we look at things, the angle at which we see it or the side of it that we see makes a huge difference in how we perceive it. For example, most people have a “good side” they prefer for pictures.

Government programs are sold to the American people as one thing but a different view will often wipe away the glamour and show it for the sow’s ear that it is. One such program is “Cash for Clunkers.” It is interesting that the new owners of GM—Joe and June Taxpayer—are now forced to shell out for old cars to bait consumers onto the car lot. This stinker of a program has successfully drawn thousands to trade their old rusty gas guzzler for a bright shiny new payment book. Of course, in a recession that is what the American people need, more buying on debt—after all it worked so well for the Democrat controlled Congress.

Over the last few weeks people traded 600,000 vehicles. Now that it is over what has truly happened? Your government purchased 600,000 cars with the stated goals of destroying them. They spent your hard earned money on cars to crush. That is $2.8 Billion of your hard earned money for scrap metal. But this is not all they accomplished. Good manageable used cars with years of life have been gobbled up by a government monstrosity and are gone from the market. Many, whose only chance of a reliable car to get to work or school, face higher prices and fewer choices because of a shortage artificially created by a government that claims to care about them.