Cash for Clunkers: Where did OUR money go???

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Here’s the story:

a. Congress funds the program with $1 billion = $4,000/clunker = 250,000 total clunkers.

b. The program runs out of money after 1 week.

c. Average car sales per week = 125,000 cars

Conclusion: Someone got paid big time…and it’s not consumers.

Read the original breakdown at the Freaknomics blog.

One Response to “Cash for Clunkers: Where did OUR money go???”

  1. Jeremiah Krieger Says:

    This makes me sick and even more infuriated with the ridiculous government spending that has been going on the past 7 months!

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