[Zakeet]

Classic government in action: the more the stooges in Washington try to fix things, the more screwed up things get.

Read the rest of the editorial if you want to simultaneously get an upset stomach and become angry.

[Piquaboy]

McCain thinks it the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[pnh102]

Classic government in action: the more the stooges in Washington try to fix things, the more screwed up things get.

I think even without regulation, a lot of Americans will be clamoring for cheap, fuel efficient vehicles, even if it means driving a stripped-down econobox.

[Slapshot68]

They learned nothing from the 70s.

[ThomasThomas]

People in Cuba have been unable to get new cars for a long time. They kept their old one running from what I have read. Tell a lesson from Cuba Find a car you like and keep it till Washington changes their mind. They care about lost taxes if cars aren’t sold. My current truck is 10yrs old.

[wilco200]

As with everything the govt. does to “help” this too will backfire.

Come 2020, prepare to see a lot more gas guzzling 20-30 year old cars on the road polluting, leaking oil, dropping muffler all over the highways, etc, etc.

[NautiNurse]

Who wants to pay more for a smaller vehicle (aka death trap)?

Recall the classic Paul Shanklin tune In a Yugo, made famous via Rush Limbaugh.

[Dead Corpse]

We need a “Separation of State and Economy” Amendment.

[theBuckwheat]

For years, the Left chanted “blood for oil!”. Higher mileage standards for cars can only mean one thing: lighter cars that will translate into higher rates of injury and death on the highways. This is truly trading blood for oil, and it is so unnecessary given that the US has more hydrocarbon resources than does Arab OPEC.

Further, the Left states that we would be better off if we paid “European prices” for fuel. Gasoline today costs the equivalent of $7.50 per gallon.

Now consider this: when gasoline costs Americans $7.50 per gallon because we are totally self sufficient in energy because we are converting coal and oil shales to make gasoline and diesel fuels that is BAD.

When gasoline costs Americans $7.50 per gallon due to a $4.00 per gallon federal tax, that is GOOD.

Putting aside the economic changes that doubling gasoline prices imply, what really motivates people who think that having “European prices” is a desirable policy goal of the federal government?

[untrained skeptic]

Classic government in action: the more the stooges in Washington try to fix things, the more screwed up things get.

You're assuming that they really are that stupid and are actually trying to fix things.

I think all they want is the appearance of trying to fix things, and the additional tax revenues which they can use to solidify their hold on their offices by bestowing entitlements and pet projects on voters.