Predictably, the CARS program is turning out to be the bane of certain grassroots charities. You know those ones who offer to take your junk car off your hands in exchange for a tax write-off? They then re-sell those clunkers at auction, either to new life or to the scrapper–either way, the car doesn’t go to waste. And as any non-rocket-scientist can probably figure out, donations to these kinds of charities are way, way down since Cash for Clunkers began its reign, as eager consumers sign their cars over to be destroyed in exchange for a down payment on more financial slavery, instead of sending them off to a good cause and a new life. The Texas-based Cars For Kids program, which supports at-risk high-schoolers, is one of the casualties whose operators have been taking a heap of calls “from people backing out of donations” in favor of the dealership. Similar fate for the American Children’s Society, which rehabilitates and sells junk cars to raise money kids battling cancer. Sad, but strangely typical, isn’t it? Check out the AP News clip below, and the ACS piece here.
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