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Originally Posted by DGthe3
by the way, I need to remind everyone of the rules. Specifically, the No Politics rule. Keep comments related to your opinion of the government to yourself. Discuss the facts & leave partisanship at the door. If you can't seperate the two, then just avoid discussing the topic on Camaro5. We've closed at least one thread about the new CAFE standard because of political comments already, lets try and keep this one going shall we?
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The flaw in this policy is that people who have a legitimate point that is against the government in general that is completely unrelated to party affiliation cannot make their point because it is branded "political".
There's really no point in censoring topics as long as people discuss them in a rational manner and follow a more general set of forum rules that forbit ad hominem attacks and profanity.
Government is completely entangled in the auto industry and a forum about cars that blocks out political topics completely is like a film review forum that forbids discussion related to actors.
I completely disagree with what the EPA is doing to our auto industry. You have to face the reality that only a high volume of really small and low cost cars produced will offset a car like the SS or ZL1. We know from experience that [forbidden discussion here] makes it impossible for domestic automakers to produce these types of vehicles and make a profit. They therefore will eventually have to ship those jobs to places that can produce them at a lower cost.
They still may be able to produce profitable trucks and luxury cars and such here, but the price we pay for the EPAs meddling is a loss in jobs right here.
I don't think this is right, and they are really not thinking this through. Very little of what goes on seems to make any sense.