Labor Secretary Solis Credits Cash For Clunkers For Improvements In Auto-Industry

“Cash-for-clunkers really helped to stimulate the automobile industry,” Labor Secretary Hilda Solis explained Wednesday, and cited the reopening of an automotive plant in Delaware as a sign of the program’s impact. (0:17)

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Dealers Taking Advantage Of Confusion Over Cash For Clunkers, Warns Consumer Watchdog

Joe Ridout, Spokesman for the organization Consumer Action, says that some car dealers are taking advantage of consumer's confusion over the Cash for Clunkers program. He says that there is a developing trend of dealers requiring consumers to either sign liability wavers or pay upfront for the rebate. He says that this tactic effectively causes the customer to pay twice, once as the tax payer and once as a victim of "double dipping." (0:41)
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McCain Calls "Cash For Clunkers" Unfair

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says the "Cash for Clunkers" program is unfair since it only gives a bailout to one industry. McCain says that it would make just as sense to have a "Cash for Refrigerators" program. (0:24).
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Stabenow:"Time Is Ticking"

by Candyce Torres, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Representative Sam Brownback (R-KS) talk about the Cash for Clunkers legislation which will help the auto industry get more cars sold and off the lot.
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