Cash for Clunkers’ failure: minorities, poor people hardest hit.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 7th at 10:30 AM  | 

Washington Post’s Ezra Klein’s substitute writer Brad Plumer got the unenviable job of having to admit that the government’s infamous Cash-for-Clunkers stealth auto dealership bailout – in which people traded in still-useable cars in exchange for trade-in money for a new car – didn’t particularly stimulate the economy, didn’t improve US car manufacturer’s market share, and “increased average fuel economy in the United States by | Read More »

Pro-Life Statists

By: Ned Ryun (Diary)  |  May 18th at 06:10 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick A paragraph in today’s Politico article detailing Mark Souder’s resignation over his affair struck me as odd: “A hard-line conservative, Souder recently survived a tough GOP primary in the Hoosier State, edging two opponents who held him under 50 percent. Souder’s Republican rivals criticized Souder over his support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program and Cash for Clunkers programs.” I | Read More »