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Originally Posted by Number 3

So you can pay a tax to the government or you can pay a mandated extra up front fee for your vehicle. If it is a gas tax, you can at least choose of your own free will how much you drive. But with CAFE you will pay regardless of how much you drive up front. The article also goes on to suggest that these added costs will cut nearly 5 million vehicles from the annual vehicle sales and cost upwards of 200,000 jobs. Not buying or selling. The article also quotes those that claim all this technology will magically be free by the time we need it.

I can honestly say that neither of these 2 choices would effect me very much personally. I am not rich, but I can afford it. However I can see that either of these 2 choices will put undue burdens on a large segment of our population. In the name of taking care of the population that are effected, the government will have to get even bigger and more tax revenues from the rest. The cycle will continues, more taxes-> larger gov->more regulations->...What's the end game?