Cash for Klunkers was a scam to get perfectly usable and serviceable vehicles out of the market and to make any vehicles not turned over serviceable since all the other vehicles were destroyed making the market for used parts decimated.
True, but that in 2009.
Yeah, and look where it got us.
Yep. The second that was promoted, I knew we were fucked as far as cars went. No more 500$ clunker that would run without any serious work for a year or two, much less the 900$ car I got that lasted me 9 years before I sold it. That thing is probably still on the road even with all the rust and dog smell on warm days (previous owner let their dog live in it like a dog house - sigh. Vermont).
And all the new cars had computers in them Great for tracking your movements.
My favorite is the niggers who got rid of their hoopties then financed new SUVs with worse gas mileage than their shitbuckets only to get them repossessed.
And it didn't even really target the cars that should have been off the road. The vehicle I was driving met the age requirement, but being from the 80s had the EPA fluff factor built in, there was no way that thing got 40MPG when it was new. It should have been off the road and I would have happily taken the cash for it to get something more modern.
The point became moot in 2007 when someone T-boned me and I got a new vehicle which I'm still driving.
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