Cash For Clunkers
Dear President Obama,
Your cash for clunkers program proved once again that the government can boost sales by giving money away that taxpayers worked hard to give you.
In fact, the public took advantage of $2 Billion in record time. At $4,500 per vehicle, that works out to 450,000 cars sold and will mark the first time in more than 16 months that the auto industry sold over 1 million vehicles.
The state of Michigan and the auto companies (especially Toyota and Honda) thank you very much.
Now that you have supported the auto industry along with the housing, financial and virtually every other industry, I am asking for your help for the beauty industry.
Just as your goal was to save energy getting rid of all those clunkers while boosting sales, the same can be had for thousands of dryers, flat irons, clippers and trimmers that are still being used. The dryers and flat irons are highly inefficient users of electricity and the battery life of clippers and trimmers is a third of the newer models. The savings in energy usage alone will pay for the program.
I recommend a $50 subsidy for the following items: Babyliss TT Tourmaline 5000 dryer; Hot Tools Ceramic Straightening Iron; and Elchim 2001 dryer.
I recommend a $25 subsidy for the following items: Oster Freestyle Clipper; Andis T-Edjer II Cordless Trimmer; and Wahl Cordless Peanut Clipper.
Or we can just give carte blanche to the entire category and offer us subsidies for all items. In total, I am requesting $25 million in total for the program.
This will create jobs, reduce energy consumption and we will donate the clunkers to China so they can take them apart and produce better models.
Please respond back to me President no later than Friday, August 28.
Larry Gaynor
Happy Wednesday!
August 26th, 2009 at 9:24 am
sounds like a great plan Lar! Yes We Can! lol
August 26th, 2009 at 10:22 am
No doubt about it. Older barbers won’t give up they’re 30year old clippers.
They pull and tug the hair, are loud and even smell funny.
I don’t understand it. Maybe we should do a flyer for for clippers and send them to the places with the red white and blue poles in the front.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I like your thinking, Larry! I’m sure you could post this blog on Obama’s facebook page and get quite a few comments
August 26th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Finally, someone who makes sense!!
August 26th, 2009 at 10:52 am
I wonder if he would consider cash for clunkers for loser boyfriends?
August 26th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
we should do a promotion for our stores like that….. say bring in your old, broken and used clippers, and get a % off (or something to that extent) a new pair….. boosting sales? and perhaps donate all those older ones that are still in working order to homeless shelters or something of that sort…
August 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Babies R Us is doing a promotion similar to this due to safety concerns. You can bring in your old crib or car seat and get 20% off on a new one. Since most car seats expire and are unsafe to use after about 6 years or if they have been in an accident, I think this is a great promotion to encourage safe equipement for our kids. One of my seats expires in November, I will be there Friday to purchase a new one for sure!
August 26th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Fantastic Letter LG
I needed a laugh today, but it’s all true, you are a wise man, Yay.
Happy Wednesday
August 26th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
NICE!!
August 26th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Dear Mr Gaynor
As you know I am on the links with Tiger for the next 2 weeks however this is a Great idea. Unfortunately we are tapped out. We need to conserve our spending for my new health care schem/ er plan. As you know that will be quite costly and then we will need to deal with the long lines and all the sick poeple. I could however send you a $25.00 gift card to Starbucks (man that coffee is good) for your innovative thought process.
Good luck to you and dont forget to keep sending those checks- Were gonna need em.
FORE!!!!!
August 28th, 2009 at 9:44 am
MR. PRESIDENT….THAT WAS GOOD!