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Cash for Clunkers Tab: $24,000 Per Vehicle of Taxpayer Cash

hypocritexposer

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Cash for Clunkers Tab: $24,000 Per Vehicle of Taxpayer Cash
October 28, 2009

This summer's so-called Cash for Clunkers program cost taxpayers $24,000 per vehicle sold, Cash for Clunkers car - 255.JPGaccording to an analysis by Edmunds.com.

Nearly 690,000 vehicles were sold during the Cash for Clunkers program, officially known as the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), but Edmunds.com analysts indicate that only 125,000 of the sales were incremental. The rest of the sales would have happened anyway.

Analysts divided three billion dollars by 125,000 vehicles to arrive at the average $24,000 per vehicle sold. The average transaction price in August was $26,915 minus an average cash rebate of $1,667.

"This analysis is valuable for two reasons," explained Edmunds.com CEO Jeremy Anwyl. "First, it can form the basis for a complete assessment of the program's impact and costs. Second -- and more important -- it can help us to understand the true state of auto sales and the economy."

For example, Anwyl pointed out, October sales are up, but without Cash for Clunkers, sales would have been even better. "This suggests that the industry's recovery is gaining momentum," he said.

Edmunds.com's research further indicates that without Cash for Clunkers, many customers would not have traded in their old vehicles.

"That may give some credence to the environmental claims, but unfortunately the economic claims have been rendered quite weak," said Edmunds.com Senior Analyst David Tompkins, PhD.

The below chart sets forth actual SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate) compared to the forecasted rate if the program had never been put into practice.

Sales Impact of Cash for Clunkers
http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/10/cash-for-clunkers-tab-24000-per-vehicle-of-taxpayer-cash.html
 

hypocritexposer

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Einstein said:
that was a close 'un. my figures were much higher. it is easy to see flaws in lawmaking.

I've read one assesment that puts the incremental sales at only 56,000, which would double the cost.

Long, but a good read.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/hit_and_run.html
 

Einstein

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hypocritexposer said:
Einstein said:
that was a close 'un. my figures were much higher. it is easy to see flaws in lawmaking.

I've read one assesment that puts the incremental sales at only 56,000, which would double the cost.

Long, but a good read.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/hit_and_run.html

i think they are hiding that number in the auto industry employees that would have normally been laid off, fired, or early bought out. it could be they are trading basis points of unemployment for health care or cap and trade votes.
 
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