Indeed - and it goes much further than just the prices in regional USA or Europe. Some guy in Africa will be wondering why his cab fares mysteriously went up,

Indeed - and it goes much further than just the prices in regional USA or Europe. Some guy in Africa will be wondering why his cab fares mysteriously went up, and will have no idea that it was a vote-buying scheme halfway across the world in a country he'll never visit. Some of the cars scrapped were worth several thousand, and would have lasted for years, both as serviceable vehicles and donor vehicles to keep others on the road. But they were forcibly destroyed and scrapped, taking all their parts with them. The scheme, in all its incarnations around the world, was stupid and destructive. Jeremy Clarkson summed it up best with his quip 'we'd be better off giving everyone in the Taliban a decent used car if they promised to stop shooting at us'.