Obama and the car industry
April 15th 2009 03:21
It looks like Washington is intent on deciding what types of cars we can buy:
I'm all for cars being more fuel efficient, but hasn't the public shown that it doesn't embrace small cars and subcompacts? That's what we're talking about here. I know that the government is leg-locked around private industry these days, but we do still live in a free country, right? Or are we just expected to give up on any personal preferences we have and buy only what the government tells us to buy?
Perhaps the car industry can find a way to make larger automobiles that are also fuel efficient. In the meantime, though, I just don't see the American public lining up to buy mobile lunchboxes. By requiring car companies to focus on those gas-sipping go-karts, the government is setting up Detroit for failure.
The Obama administration has made it clear: In order to get the billions of dollars of federal money that Chrysler and General Motors need to survive, they'll need to build and sell more fuel efficient vehicles.
I'm all for cars being more fuel efficient, but hasn't the public shown that it doesn't embrace small cars and subcompacts? That's what we're talking about here. I know that the government is leg-locked around private industry these days, but we do still live in a free country, right? Or are we just expected to give up on any personal preferences we have and buy only what the government tells us to buy?
Perhaps the car industry can find a way to make larger automobiles that are also fuel efficient. In the meantime, though, I just don't see the American public lining up to buy mobile lunchboxes. By requiring car companies to focus on those gas-sipping go-karts, the government is setting up Detroit for failure.
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Comment by S.L.
The Political Brief
Are you going to a TEA party today? I hope so! I'm hosting one at my house because of local pressures against it. If you want to know how crazy things can get in a small town, check my last several posts.
Wish me luck!
Comment by PopulistConservative
Angry Electorate
Comment by S.L.
The Political Brief
It's completely a grass roots movement, with no one in charge and no activists involved. Well, maybe ACORN will try to sabotage some of them...
Comment by Lester Caudill
Round Politics
I saw the tea parties on TV, and some of the liberal reporters treated them very badly, you could see that this didn't please the liberal media. But the tea parties I believe is just the start of something big.
Comment by PopulistConservative
Angry Electorate
Yeah, the liberals in the media did their level best to ignore, dismiss, or ridicule the tea parties. It's hard to ignore such a pervasive series of events, though. There were 15-20K here in Atlanta.