Taxpayer $$ used for Cash for Clunkers programs

Read about it at Pajamas Media: 

Rules are even better for trucks, a phenomenon that has more than a few green advocates seeing red. For light duty trucks (half-ton pickups and SUVs) that get less than 18 mpg, a 2 mpg improvement will earn a $3,500 voucher and a 5 mpg improvement will ring the $4,500 bell. Larger trucks (6,000-8,500 pounds) have an easier threshold — the old truck must get 15 mpg or less, but only has to improve 1 mpg for $3,500 credit or 2 mpg to pick up the $4,500 winnings. The trucks in the 8,500 to 10,000 pound class do not carry EPA fuel economy ratings, so owners can trade in their well-worn, pre-2002 big trucks for a new one and pick up $3,500 in credit for their big pickup, although those vouchers will be limited.