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It appears peculiar that a company would demand that government do something that hurts its customers. But that’s what many limited-government policy experts are saying after General Motors CEO Dan Akerson told the Detroit News that he wants to see the federal government raise its gas tax by as much as $1 per gallon. Akerson told the Detroit News that he’d like to see the federal gas tax hiked to get customers to be more receptive to smaller more fuel-efficient vehicles. According to the Detroit News: “A government-imposed tax hike, Akerson believes, will prompt more people to buy small cars...

"The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belong to one category," hitler said. More photos at link. Obama calls for new beginning between U.S. and Muslims. "I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect," he said. "America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition."

Caption: Adolf Hitler tours the 1939 International Auto Exhibition in Berlin. Three years before, at another Berlin auto show, Hitler announced that Porsche would design the "People's Car," or Volkswagen, an affordable, practical vehicle for the working German family.Photo: Hugo Jaeger./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Feb 17, 1939