Last week, the federal government threw car dealers across the country into a tizzy when they knee-jerked on the new “Cash for Clunkers” auto industry bail out.

Initially, the $4,500 per clunker program was supposed to last until October. But just a week after “investing” $1 billion to incentivize the American consumer to pull Detroit out of the red, the program itself ran out money.

Now, lawmakers in DC are trying their hardest to pour another $2 billion into the program to, in essence, riddle the American consumer with more debt.

Is this adding up for anyone yet?

In response, Sen. Jim DeMint said on “Fox News Sunday”…

Our children and grandchildren can’t afford to make these car dealers well right now… The federal government went broke in one week in the used car business, and now they want to run our healthcare system.

It does beg the question can the federal bureaucracy really “fix” the problems of the auto or healthcare industries? Or are there better alternatives out there?

The US House of Representatives is on recess for the month of August and many of them are heading back home. Among the many topics they will discuss in town hall meetings and one-on-one discussions with constituents is the raging healthcare debate that awaits them when they return to the nation’s capital.

Now would be time to catch up with your representative and let him know how you think healthcare should be reformed.