re: #220 jamesfirecat

sure… mine was just a whimsical tag onto your post.
Beyond that, I didn’t think the cash for clunkers program was effective anywhere near what it cost taxpayers and that some results of it’s implementation served as prime example of the law of unintended consequences at work.

One example in particular- a lot of lower- end but perfectly serviceable vehicles were abruptly taken out of the market. This resulted in an attendant rise in market price for used vehicles, with the greatest impact falling on those who could least afford it.
There has also been an upswing in theft of older models, usually for parts, and almost always from some poor working guy who barely makes ends meet and had no comprehensive theft insurance on his former $1700 pickup and will have hell paying for it’s now more expensive replacement so that he can get to work and feed his kids.