I usually can read the editorials, bite my lips, pray and keep moving. Lately I've found it harder to do, so here I am expressing my concerns.

Please! How can it possibly help a struggling family to trade in an older car (most likely paid for) for a voucher of some amount of money to put down on a much newer car with months and months of payments plus higher insurance rates?

Not to mention the fact that some car dealerships working with money from the government will find a way to raise the cost of the new car. Truly you may never realize the savings, and would have thrown away a perfectly good used car A car that your neighbor could have bought at a reasonable price, to take children to school or go to work on. Please, people, it really makes no sense to go into debt trying to save money. Who are these people that voted that way? I believe we the people, who pay more than enough taxes to the government, have a right to know. I personally drive a older model as does my husband. We save gas by not driving so much .... duh.

We do our best to save by not spending more than we earn ... which can be a losing battle. But it's our battle. I hate the thought of one day having to go back into debt with another car payment because the older model cars have been sold off as junk.

I was raised to make something from nothing. Free money will always have strings attached. I'd like my life and freedoms without strings, please.

Jean Grimes

Tarboro