Wow! They have to actually DESTROY the car??
I would have given them some cash to take that 1988 BMW. Of course that would defeat the purpose of getting gas guzzlers off the road...
And what about recycling the metal? Are we going to fill the landfill with wasted metal?
I think they are selling the metal to China to make more cars with no pollution controls on them
Ain’t irony ironic? And even more so because so much iron is being melted down!
Here's a good explanation of why paying people to break windows is a bad idea
The exact process (not even an analogy) is you go to your neighbor's driveway and smash his windshield with a crowbar. The government pays him for a new window (window makers are happy). Then the government raises your taxes to pay for it.
We are not in a good position to sustain billions in losses to our economy, it will make things that much worse down the line.