Was "Cash for Clunkers" one of the more wasteful govt projects?

[DarrinS]

I don't suppose a poor family could use an old Crown Vic to get around. I just don't see the point in destroying something that works.

[ElNono]

I don't suppose a poor family could use an old Crown Vic to get around. I just don't see the point in destroying something that works.

it was a trade-in program. The poor family that wanted to keep using the old Crown Vic to get around or couldn't qualify for it, kept the old Crown Vic...

It's not like the program killed the used car market either... there's still plenty of cheap old used cars to buy if you want to.

[ChumpDumper]

lol Darrin is still trying.

[Latarian Milton]

but they actually saved alot of energy by destroying these clunkers i think

[boutons_deux]

but they actually saved alot of energy by destroying these clunkers i think

the goals were

economic stimulus, "just go shopping (c) dubya" for new cars, get money flowing.

get polluting, low mileage old junk off the roads.

current recycling technology of old cars is also another green activity that right-wingers and Repugs love to hate.

[Latarian Milton]

tbh i just wanna do them a favor by destroying det one that i stole from grandma but as you know, it was not successful