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Is 'Cash for Clunkers' a Bust or a Success?

Raquel Brown, The Media Consortium. August 10, 2009.

So far, 157,000 transactions and $664 million in rebates have cycled through the program, and the average fuel efficiency has increased by 61%.

U.S. Car Buyers Still Want Gas Guzzlers: GM Executive

Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.

"It remains a fact that the American public buys big, high consumption cars," GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said this week, adding it's "wrong to hope that Americans will massively rush to economical vehicles."

Fox Guest Compares 'Cash for Clunkers' Program to Katrina

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress. August 5, 2009.

Seems inappropriate.

Obama to Host Senate Democrats at Birthday Lunch

Agence France Presse August 3, 2009.

Obama, who turns 48 today, also plans to press senators to inject roughly two billion dollars more into the "cask for clunkers" program.