Mississippi Business Journal » Cash for Clunkers http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Appliance ‘clunkers’ program off and running http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/04/25/appliance-%e2%80%98clunkers%e2%80%99-program-off-and-running/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=appliance-%25e2%2580%2598clunkers%25e2%2580%2599-program-off-and-running http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/04/25/appliance-%e2%80%98clunkers%e2%80%99-program-off-and-running/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:01:06 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=22699 The State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program, after four months of development, kicked off last week. Essentially a cash for clunkers program for appliances, the program offers consumers who buy new Energy Star appliances rebates that range from $50 to $750, based on the price of the new appliance. Appliances have to be purchased on [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/04/25/appliance-%e2%80%98clunkers%e2%80%99-program-off-and-running/feed/ 0 Cash for Clunkers was fine if you’re a car dealer http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/10/05/cash-for-clunkers-was-fine-if-you%e2%80%99re-a-car-dealer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cash-for-clunkers-was-fine-if-you%25e2%2580%2599re-a-car-dealer http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/10/05/cash-for-clunkers-was-fine-if-you%e2%80%99re-a-car-dealer/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:28:44 +0000 Chris Elkins http://msbusiness.com/?p=13294 Doug Wilson, a long-time automobile dealer in metro Jackson now based in Flowood, wrote a troubling commentary in this space in the Aug. 31, 2009 issue.  Though I certainly respect Mr. Wilson and his opinions, much of what he wrote in defense of the federal-government-knows-best “Cash for Clunkers” requires some further thought. Mr. Wilson bases [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/10/05/cash-for-clunkers-was-fine-if-you%e2%80%99re-a-car-dealer/feed/ 0 Cash for clunkers was good for all, even Polar Bears http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/31/cash-for-clunkers-was-good-for-all-even-polar-bears/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cash-for-clunkers-was-good-for-all-even-polar-bears http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/31/cash-for-clunkers-was-good-for-all-even-polar-bears/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:01:14 +0000 Contributing Columnist http://msbusiness.com/?p=11706 Well, Cash for Clunkers is over and I want to give you an insider’s view and try to put the whole thing into perspective. First, a quick question: Which would you rather have?  An incentive to do what big government wants you to do … or a penalty or imprisonment?  For all the criticism about [...]

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