why was “cash for clunkers” so bad? Was there any good?

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Every article says it was bad, but why? And was there any good to it?

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The good was that it got a lot of older, unsafe, and inefficient cars off the road.

The bad was that it absolutely destroyed the used car market.  Prices for both used and new cars skyrocketed.

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