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Clunker pickups traded for new pickups

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Joe Moe | 3:40 p.m. Nov. 4, 2009
There were a lot of numbers thrown around in there, let me point out the two I think most important:

1) The average fuel economy increase in these swaps was a 9 mpg improvement (great, but won't save the world)

2) This is costing the US taxpayers three billion dollars (divide that by our population, and it's about $1,000 each by my math...man, woman, and child). I hope my neighbor appreciates the money my family and I have so generously "donated" to him for his new truck.




Darn | 9:11 p.m. Nov. 4, 2009
and my son could have traded off his old 1987 Ford pick-up that needs transmission work for a brand new truck! It's a shame our family doesn't believe on living off others' tax dollars.
justired | 4:23 p.m. Nov. 5, 2009
aren't all the fuel economy numbers just based on epa estimates.

take and old truck, and it won't be getting the epa estimate!

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