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Originally Posted by Number 3
Ok, here is the first item that comes up if you simply search on "Mullaly gas tax"
http://green.autoblog.com/2007/08/09...y-regulations/
Circa 2007.
But I'm confused are you guys upset that Akerson said this NOW but it's ok that all the other leaders said it earlier? I'm pretty sure everyone was upset when Bill Ford said it and when Mullaly said it. That's my recollection. Read the posts in the link. Not a lot of support then either.
So everyone on here that wants to run buy a Ford to spite GM for Akerson's comments is going to do so not because Ford and Mullaly didn't say the same thing, just that they didn't say it yesterday? 
The reasons Mullaly said it then are the same reasons Akerson said it this week.
And CAFE doesn't make sense from any logical perspective, but it's the world the auto companies are forced into. Wait and see what this does to our automotive future and how much it's going to cost us. So you can pay at the pump or you can pay for the technology mandated by CAFE to get 62 mpg................regardless of the price of gas. |
Hmm, you must have missed this part of my post - "Even so, who said Bill Ford Jr. was correct then?"
I don't agree with it at ANY time from anyone, however, when will gas prices be high enough in his eyes? Even since Mullaly said it in 2007, gas prices have risen
over 30% and sales of compact, fuel efficient vehicles have exploded. We may as well just match gold prices, then we can all invest in Huffy bikes and make billions. Oh, by the way, we did already pay for the technology mandated by CAFE (which is not yet decided to be 62mpg by 2025, but nice cherry-picking to make your point) or did you forget about the $49 billion USD we all just gave to GM?
Now, even if you don't agree at all with anything I just said, let me ask you something very serious: Do you honestly think raising gas taxes by a DOLLAR is remotely sane? Since 1932 the fed gas tax has been increased 17.4c/gal, but this guy thinks it would be a good idea to increase the tax by $1/gal. That's absolute insanity. What happens to all the families that can't afford to buy a new vehicle and instantly have to pay 25% more to commute to and from work and school every day? Why not simply increase the gas-guzzler tax on a new vehicle with low-efficiency rather than screwing EVERYBODY?