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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (502410)8/8/2009 9:08:19 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575765
 
"Not only did I see the ocean level recede, I also noticed the price of gas fall because the "cash for clunkers" program is taking gas guzzlers off the road. True story!"

Dubious assertions at best.

"Still can't come up with (B.S.) reasons why the clunker has to be road-worthy, even though they all get scrapped?"

If for no other reason, it would give ammunition to the nutjobs as to how the administration was bringing socialism to the country. Scrapping them was the simplest answer to the problem of what to do with the trade-ins and who would profit.

Not that it actually stopped the nutjobs. But...