Comments on: What is the point of the UK Government’s "scrappage scheme"?

By: Mac the Knife

Mac the Knife — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:14:59 +0000

There's no pleasing some people. In case you hadn't noticed we are in a recession, the car industry in particular has been badly hit. The car scrappage scheme was to help stimulate it and get the economy in this sector working. It has been such a success that the car industry itself wants the government to increase the amount of money it has put in so that it can be extended. If the government hadn't done this then there would most likely have been a few thousand more unemployed. As people know that it is a limited offer, those that can afford a new car are taking advantage of it. For the person that says cheap cars have got cheaper, it is actually the other way around, cheap cars have got more expensive as there are less of them about. I don't expect a lot of you to agree with me as you have already decided in your minds to knock anything that this government does. That doesn't mean the governments idea is wrong, just that you are to stubborn to give them credit for anything.
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By: edgarl

edgarl — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:40:59 +0000

The political purpose was to provide a limited stimulus to the new car market, which it has done elsewhere. And this has been the result.
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By: Lorne

Lorne — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:51:59 +0000

It props up the car industry that they have spent the last 12 years attacking. On the bright side it has taken 300,000+ cars that were probably unsafe off the roads.
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By: RangersLegend ☆ Krissy Boyd™

RangersLegend ☆ Krissy Boyd™ — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:13:59 +0000

It is solely there to boost the motor industry which in turn will ''improve'' the current economic situation and more importantly, keeps the prices of oil up as demand remains on a high level. Again, its all a fraud portrayed for our benefit when in reality it is obvious why they offer such deals. This in effect could help the economy in the short term but long term it will make it a whole lot worse with inevitable added economic inflation through all the finance deals issued.
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By: The Mock Race see Bear Arms

The Mock Race see Bear Arms — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:25:59 +0000

It is the only way of getting rid off what was once known as electric shopping trollys with an electric lawn mower engine enhancment and if any body really thinks the government are giving you something for nothing then they are not living in the real world

What do we have as a result lots of second hand cars going cheap

Why do only Fools and horses work?
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By: sherlock

sherlock — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:02:59 +0000

It’s designed to get polluting old wrecks off the road and replace them with less polluting, safer cars.

It puts a lot of people in the position of buying a new car they could not otherwise afford and the figures speak for themselves, it has been a huge success.

Perhaps if the people you know conducted their financial affairs in a more responsible manner they would not find themselves in a position whereby they are excluded from the benefits of this scheme.

If someone cannot afford to buy,run,maintain,tax,MOT and insure a car then they should do without. It’s a simple economic decision, no one has the right to a motor car and it’s certainly not the Governments responsibility to underwrite the cost of one.
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