Cars.gov

The Car Allowance funding went into effect July 1st, and more Americans will get screwed out of that money than ever before. I have a 1998 Dodge Caravan with airconditioning (it's 95 outside right now) and the fueleconomy.gov website told me last month I got 19 MPG Combined, 1 more than MPG than the qualifier of 18. That's bullshit. The car has never gotten that kind of mileage, and especially not here in Miami, where city driving is bumper-to-bumper half the day.
This month the same Fueleconomy.gov website says my van now gets 20 MPG, picking up an extra mile somewhere, while sitting in the driveway. So I can't get the Car Allowance.

But I can't get a bank loan either, from banks bailed out by tax payer dollars. The credit policy is so much stricter than last year, we can't qualify. So we're screwed either way.

I personally am becoming very disenchanted with the People magazine president. Not just this car crap, I'll always have a car. But Mr. Obama and his wife are on the news every day for celebrity buzz items that have nothing to do with substantial change in healthcare or education or even providing jobs. I even got an email from The White House (since I signed up for it) telling me to Roll Up My Sleeves. The context is that I can volunteer to work for nothing in some God-forsaken hellhole, while the White House takes credit for it. Uh, no thanks, Mr. President. I'll be out trying to find a shyster to get me a high-interest car loan.