https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/11/07/cash-for-clunkers-failure-minorities-poor-people-hardest-hit/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:52:30 -0400<![CDATA[Washington Post&#8217;s Ezra Klein&#8217;s substitute writer Brad Plumer got the unenviable job of having to admit that the government&#8217;s infamous Cash-for-Clunkers stealth auto dealership bailout &#8211; in which people traded in still-useable cars in exchange for trade-in money for a new car &#8211; didn&#8217;t particularly stimulate the economy, didn&#8217;t improve US car manufacturer&#8217;s market share, and &#8220;increased average fuel economy in the United States by just 0.65 miles per gallon.&#8221; The trigger event for this admission was this Resources For the Future report that is fairly damning, in its somewhat dry and equation-laden way: of course, we on the Right were all yelling about this issue right from the start, but it&#8217;s still nice to see some math backing us up.]]>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:30:57 -0500<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/11/07/cash-for-clunkers-failure-minorities-poor-people-hardest-hit-n41043