. >> david bose and jeremy anwill point out the increase in cars sold simply stole sales from months before and after. >> what is missing most of the cars that were sold under the program would have been sold anyway. >> john: progressives pointed out that cash for clunkers did increase car sales. they steal sfrit future years? >> it does. that is what stimulus is all about. >> john: there was the usual government skewup. >> federal government can't process a simple rebate. >> then they ran out of money. >> they may need to suspend the program. >> john: instead congress appropriated more money and more cars were destroyed, more success. how far can i carry this principle? i know what to do. let's destroy this. economy is struggling. we need to stimulate the economy. this will do it. by destroying some things and they'll have to make new ones. that will create jobs. stimulate, stimulate! >> why is it good to destroy usable stuff? >> cars that were taken off the road were still d but at the same time they are not leading america forward. >> you look at a couple cars like this you would