"Cash for clunkers" is political, no real value otherwise. As many of us know, there are many rules and stipulations, plus you have to be in a situation where you have a car in the right age range, and you're driving it regardless of the fact that you can afford to buy and finance a new car. The real polluters are not going to be eligable or can't afford to buy a new car.

It is more of a political statement, "look what our administration/party is doing for the environment", and a good way to stimulate car buying to put a blip on the radar screen in the nation's car manufacturers' cash flow, makes it look like the stimulus is working and the economy is recovering as a result.

JMO, ... maybe I think too much.

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