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Uploaded by on Jul 22, 2009

Cascade Policy Institute president John Charles explains on this KATU-TV segment why paying people to turn in their old low-mileage cars is not a good idea.

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  • I hate cash for clunkers

  • Yeah, create jobs alright, short term, maybe. All the crushed cars get sent over there to be sent back as cheap commodities, I get so tired of hearing we can't compete. The company I work for has cheap Chinese crap backfiring soundly on them now, it always holds true, you get what you pay for. Seeing otherwise good cars and trucks being destroyed here as seen is such a waste, many families can only afford good used cars, and will not be lulled into deeper debt with these so called incentives.

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  • To qualify for clunker program. The car got to be drivable..Then destroyed. the craziest thing I ever heard.

  • 0:11 so a 1990-1995 ford taurus sation wagon (25-30) mpg is a "clunker"?

  • i heard about this on globalworldtoday.webs.com

  • Everyone deserves to have an opinion. Economy stimulus worked for a while. There were benefits for the environment.

    677 081 cars traded.

    Average mpg of the old vehicles traded in: 15.8.

    Average mpg of the new vehicles: 24.9 (58% better)

    85% of traded in vehicles SUV's and pickups

    59% of the new vehicles were automobiles

    It was a small/partial measure but effective.

  • The Cash for Clunkers program is the biggest piece of shit the U.S. ever made.

  • i like john charles

  • Why don't they take all the parts out before crashing the cars? Lights, interior etc. That would be proper recycling.

  • Trade in your gas guzzling clunker for a car that can't stop and a load of life threatening/ending recalls! Wise choice!

  • Fuck Cash for clunkers...IT's pointless..I am straight up american and I'll be FUCKING GOD DAMNED if I own anything other than American cars... FUCK these Environmentally safe shit boxes. Anyone that is for this fucking stupid program needs to be lined up and bull whipped

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