Essentially the cash for clunkers program took a lot of serviceable old cars off the market permanently by destroying them. Here's a write-up I found on some of

Essentially the cash for clunkers program took a lot of serviceable old cars off the market permanently by destroying them. Here's a write-up I found on some of the issues with links to more details: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/08/31/cash-for-clunkers-how-bad-public-policy-gets-made/LStZtMRqTNKxAc62sYP4fM/amp.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/08/31/cash-for-clun...