{"id":146827263,"date":"2009-08-27T09:21:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T09:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=146827263"},"modified":"2009-08-27T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T09:21:03","slug":"the-truth-about-cash-for-clunkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=146827263","title":{"rendered":"The truth about \u2018Cash for Clunkers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Jacoby &#8211; Boston Globe<br \/>\nQ: CONGRESSMAN, was \u201cCash for Clunkers\u2019\u2019 a success?<br \/>\n&#8230;.<br \/>\nA: I have to go, but let me say this: If Cash for Clunkers were as dubious as you suggest, it wouldn\u2019t have had so many takers.<br \/>\nQ: Oh, for heaven\u2019s sake, congressman: If you give away money, won\u2019t people always line up to take it?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/editorial_opinion\/oped\/articles\/2009\/08\/26\/the_truth_about_cash_for_clunkers\/\">https:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/editorial_opinion\/oped\/articles\/2009\/08\/26\/the_truth_about_cash_for_clunkers\/<\/a>oldId.20090827092103778<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Jacoby &#8211; Boston Globe Q: CONGRESSMAN, was \u201cCash for Clunkers\u2019\u2019 a success? &#8230;. A: I have to go, but let me say this: If Cash for Clunkers were as dubious as you suggest, it wouldn\u2019t have had so many takers. Q: Oh, for heaven\u2019s sake, congressman: If you give away money, won\u2019t people &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=146827263\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The truth about \u2018Cash for Clunkers\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146827263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146827263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146827263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146827263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146827263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146827263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146827263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}