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Article: It's a trade-off.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- August 1, 2009
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Byline: Kim Mikus Daily Herald business writer kmikus@dailyherald.com -CLMN-
Anthony Santoro planned to drive his 1996 Dodge pickup truck through the winter, but the deals and rebates he was offered Friday were too good to pass up.
Santoro, of Itasca, purchased a new black 2009 Dodge pickup at Wickstrom Auto Group in Barrington through the federal so-called "cash for clunkers" program. He watched the news with anticipation as the funding for the program was up in the air Friday.
The House of Representatives voted midday to rush $2 billion into the program so wildly popular that it nearly ran out of money in less than a week.
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