A plan for all those surplus cars and trucks

Nobody’s buying cars and trucks this winter, so I have an idea for a stimulus plan.

We’ve already had trucks tip through the ice on Lake George and Upper Saranac Lake. Now the Press-Republican is reporting a truck through the ice in Lake Champlain near Ti.

While driving on the frozen lake just north of International Paper, the 2004 Ford Ranger reportedly hit a pressure crack and submerged.

Police found the vehicle’s owner, Michael J. Curtiss, 31, of Meriden, Conn., and his friend Scott D. Soule, 30, from Lebanon, Conn., walking up railroad tracks when they were stopped.

These guys are on to something. I say we hold a huge truck rally — invite people from all over the US — then wait for the thaw.

Most of our houses are underwater. Why shouldn’t our cars be, too? Call it the Polar Bear Plunge Relief Program.

Two of the trucks that have led the way this winter — on Upper Saranac and Lake Champlain — are still mired in the bottom mud.

But you can bet their owners have already been to the nearest used car lot, looking to get back behind the wheel.

If they’re really patriotic, they’ll be back out on the ice next year.

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