“Cash for clunkers” went exactly as planned. They convinced people and auto dealers to pony up their own money to get
“some a dat free gubmint munny”.
Then, the government weaseled out on their end of the deal.
It’s the old fox and snake story all over again. (”What did you expect? I’m a snake.”)
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."
The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"
Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."
~Aesop