{"id":1668,"date":"2009-08-01T06:56:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2009-08-01T07:15:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T14:15:13","slug":"made-personal-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/made-personal-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"Made Personal: Outs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bailouts, Buyouts, Cashouts &#8212; can they be personalized somehow?<\/p>\n<p>Of course!<\/p>\n<p>I thought I had two vehicles that qualified for the Cash-for-Clunkers program. Turns out only one of them qualifies, thanks to the miles per gallon criteria. (My Honda is old and has over 300,000 miles on it &#8212; but it still does better than 18 mpg.)<\/p>\n<p>It also turns out the program has been mayhem. And has apparently already run out of money.<\/p>\n<p>But never fear &#8212; I hear it may be re-funded with twice the original amount. Maybe they&#8217;ll also change two key provisions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The program applies only to those buying brand new vehicles.\n<li> To qualify, a vehicle must get less than 18 mpg.<\/ul>\n<p>Actually, I think I would prefer it became a true Cash-for-Clunkers program &#8212; just give me a flat $4000 for my clunker and be done with it. Now there&#8217;s a buyout I could consider! No wait &#8212; better yet, cancel all such programs and slash my taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of buyouts, maybe someone could buy out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptistbooks.com\">my business<\/a> also. I launched it on the first of January way back in 1998 to support my family as I worked at my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\">online ministry<\/a>, which I started in mid-1995. Well, my business has boomed to the extent that my online ministry has pretty much gone dormant. So now I have a vision (I think): Sell my business for enough to pay off my debts and leave us with money for six years of No-Income-Needed living. Then move to &#8220;our&#8221; mission in Mexico (to help out in the church there as well as to increase the volume of the bang for my buck) to operate my original online ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like I had more to say on this <i>Outs<\/i> subject back when I first thought of it, but I don&#8217;t remember anymore. So I&#8217;ve grown tired of this post.<\/p>\n<p>Time out.<\/p>\n<p>Bye.<\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> Speaking of freebies and handouts, I see I still haven&#8217;t won $1000 from Circuit City. In fact, nobody from Oregon has. What&#8217;s with that?!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bailouts, Buyouts, Cashouts &#8212; can they be personalized somehow? Of course! I thought I had two vehicles that qualified for the Cash-for-Clunkers program. Turns out only one of them qualifies, thanks to the miles per gallon criteria. 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