[bob vogel]

Originally Posted by Number 3

Have to keep in mind, the gas tax is purely in response to CAFE. The government we've been electing for years and placating California has put all of the OEMs in a tight spot. The cars and trucks you guys and gals actually want, even with $4/gallon gas don't meet CAFE. All he (and so did others including the beloved Bob Lutz) suggested was that if the government wants to get Americans to use less gas you have to do it on the demand side.

I've suggested many times our government should pass a law that no drug company will be allowed to sell drugs unless they have a cure for cancer by 2016. It's the equivalent. Just legislate technology.

Again, in a perfect world, a world the OEMs would choose, it would be a free market. Our government in it's infinite wisdom took that away.

And as for my bosses, bosses, bosses boss, he is doing the right things, asking the right questions and driving the right behaviors. He listens to his people and if you haven't noticed, the President of GMNA is a car guy. I've met Reuss, talked with him and heard his ideas. He is a car guy. So the CEO only has to be a CEO of a major international business and trust his people. So far from what I hear, he does. But he also doesn't take much to "well that's the way we've always done it" either. No one slammed Mullaly for coming from an airplane company so what's the beef with telecommunications?

well we can have 7 or 8 type's of tax on the gas just like the )*&^6* phone. that well fix every thing right.