Cash For Clunkers Program On Empty

Before it passed, there was a big debate between the auto state lawmakers and the pro-enviro lawmakers over whether the bill should be stimulus for the auto industry or whether it should combat global warming by getting inefficient cars off the road. The auto-state senators won, cars of [many] varieties were made eligible, and the money got spent in a blink. For next round, there will probably be a renewed push to increase the mileage requirements of the new purchases.

Ah, so it was one of those deals. I’ll pretend to be shocked.

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For more on “cash for clunkers,” read this remarkably cogent explanation.