The Cash for Clunkers program has come to a halt. The theory was–Trade in your old, worn, rusted, guzzling clunker, get back money to buy a new, improved, sensible model.

They don't have to end the program. They just need to rethink it.

I, for one, haven't really worked out all the details but I do have a few thoughts.

First, how's about we institute a Cash for Clunkers program for your current squeeze…(That would include any significant other partner that you think fits the above definition.) Rather than getting cash back (although I suspect some would pay to unload a bad penny) you could just do the trade in part. Post and swap. WAIT that sound suspiciously like online dating…oh no, my idea already exists.

Alrighty then, how's about you take a good look around your home, hone in on the various and assorted items that have no intrinsic value to you any more, and, either drag them outside, maybe put a post-it note on it, with the amount you think this particular item/items might be worth…or alternatively, take pictures of these items and post them on the internet. Oh no, FOILED again, tag sales and ebay are already yielding Cash for Clunkers.

Lastly, let me think, I know, go to the bank and ask them to lend you more money for your deteriorating house, the one that you weren't able to maintain as you would have liked because you had no income since you lost your job. Add the additional money the bank has given you onto your existing mortgage. NOW that's a foolproof plan, if I ever heard one.

Yeah, Cash for Clunkers. 

If our government can pony up the cash to pay back the car dealers maybe the program will be reinstated. A stimulus is a stimulus is a stimulus. And frankly, I think the concept was a good one.

In the meanwhile, if you think you have an idea as to how to get back some cash for any clunker hanging around your house, I'd love to hear it.