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Is 55 in Our Future?
American Spectator ^ | 5/23/2008 | Eric Peters

Posted on 05/23/2008 10:23:11 AM PDT by Entrepreneur

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

- George Santayana

1 posted on 05/23/2008 10:23:11 AM PDT by Entrepreneur
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“Is 55 in Our Future?”

That and perhaps 10 hour work days / 4 days per week might help.


2 posted on 05/23/2008 10:25:01 AM PDT by Grunthor (In 2006, McCain voted against defining marriage between one man and one woman)
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““Is 55 in Our Future?”

That and perhaps 10 hour work days / 4 days per week might help.”

The latter would be more effective than the former.


3 posted on 05/23/2008 10:25:54 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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Oh, how well I remember! Back at that time I was traveling 75 miles a day to work and back. At 55MPH on the interstate it seemed to take for ever. Especially, since I was working 6 to 7 days a week, 11 & 12 hrs a day.


4 posted on 05/23/2008 10:27:33 AM PDT by jerry639
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10 hour work days / 4 days per week might help

I'd actually like that better then 8 X 5. Gives me a whole extra day off to drive up to the mountains and go fishing...:)

5 posted on 05/23/2008 10:28:07 AM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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The 55 MPH nonsense was foisted upon us just as I started driving. Idaho has 75 MPH on the interstates. Distances between cities is significant. Dropping to 55 MPH is going to make some of those trips much longer (in driving time). The Pocatello to San Diego trip would be significantly extended. An overnight stay in a hotel would almost certainly be required.
6 posted on 05/23/2008 10:28:11 AM PDT by Myrddin
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I already drive 55. That’s as fast as my Yugo will go.


7 posted on 05/23/2008 10:28:35 AM PDT by llevrok (I have nut allergies. Liberals make me sick.)
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One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey!...


8 posted on 05/23/2008 10:28:45 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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And the biggest benefit of 55 that nobody dare mention:

Municipal Revenue Generation


9 posted on 05/23/2008 10:28:57 AM PDT by RockinRight (Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
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More on this:

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/with-gas-prices.html


10 posted on 05/23/2008 10:29:01 AM PDT by bamahead (Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
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“I’d actually like that better then 8 X 5. Gives me a whole extra day off to drive up to the mountains and go fishing...:)”

it is your time, your gas and with any luck at all....your fish ;O)


11 posted on 05/23/2008 10:29:40 AM PDT by Grunthor (In 2006, McCain voted against defining marriage between one man and one woman)
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” I can’t drive 55!” (BIG SMILE)
Sammy Hagar


12 posted on 05/23/2008 10:29:58 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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That and perhaps 10 hour work days / 4 days per week might help.

My wife already does that. I typically work 12 hours/6 days per week, but it's all at my home office. I put it 56 hours M-Th of this week.

13 posted on 05/23/2008 10:30:14 AM PDT by Myrddin
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I have a feeling we will be hearing (hopefully that’s all) a lot more about a return to 55. This topic was covered in the op/ed page of my local rag today.


14 posted on 05/23/2008 10:30:51 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfNATuw1DRs


15 posted on 05/23/2008 10:31:12 AM PDT by RockinRight (Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
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Didn’t care then will not care in the future.


17 posted on 05/23/2008 10:32:56 AM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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Just another law created to generate income for the lawyers...


18 posted on 05/23/2008 10:33:26 AM PDT by Notasoccermom
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I already drive 55. I also keep my heat/AC completely off. I never did either of those things prior to about two months ago. I went from averaging 325 miles to a tank of gas (4 dr sedan) to over 400 miles. I also top off my tank before it hits 1/2. Shop locally, I walk to the store two blocks away rather than drive a 40 mile round trip to (unless there is a really good sale) Safeway. I am hoping to have my car paid off before gas hits $6 per gallon....because that extra $400 per month can just go into my tank.


19 posted on 05/23/2008 10:33:44 AM PDT by Grunthor (In 2006, McCain voted against defining marriage between one man and one woman)
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And indoor temperatures will be regulated to over 80 degrees in the summer and under 62 in the winter.


20 posted on 05/23/2008 10:34:03 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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