Cash for Clunkers distorts market, taxes

Posted by Kromey at 1:52pm Jul 6 '10
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Last summer's Cash for Clunkers program artificially boosted used car prices by requiring destruction of the clunkers, thereby restricting the supply of used cars.

That was bad enough for people looking to buy used cars.

But the market distortion caused by government intervention is hitting Rhode Islanders particularly hard.
Government intervention in the marketplace is bad, m'kay?

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