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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
So...
Would you rather buy not-so-fun cars at the drastically inflated prices necessary to reach ridiculous fuel economy standards of CAFE, or have direct control of your spending in the car you want, via higher gas taxes?
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I think every single person in this thread should read and re-read Dragoneye's comment above because it should sum up this ENTIRE conversation on the gas tax hike comments by Akerson, Luts, Wagoner, Mulally and Ford Jr.
Let me restate it in a slightly different way. You get the choice of ONLY one option below:
1) CAFE standards stay intact - You get a fleet of Chevy Volts and Prius' at drastically inflated costs to choose from
2) Gas Tax increase - You get to keep buying cars like the Camaro, but gas will cost 50 cents more than it would have otherwise.
Now which one would you choose? This is why, when you have all the details that the CEO of GM has, a Gas Tax Increase is the lesser of two evils. It actually allows a Camaro or Mustang to continue being built in the future. CAFE does not.
Either way, you're GOING to pay more, but one way at least gives you cars you want to buy.