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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on March 29, 2008, 11:55 am
> > feds should loosen smog regulations on gasoline and additives, to help
> > bring price down a little
>
> Loosening any gasoline formulation regulations is only going to bring
> the price down a little. =EF=BF=BD Given that gas prices have about triple=
d,
> it doesn't seem to me that any small change in the price is going to
> be worth dirty air.
a little here, a little there. it all adds up in the end. diesel has
soared in cost because of the low sulphur regulations
> > temporarily suspend the federal gasoline tax
>
> Yeah, they could do that. =EF=BF=BDI think it's about 16 cents. =EF=BF=BD =
But without
> a corresponding decrease in spending, it would add to the deficit,
Unemployment benefits welfare and all the rest to help a recession
costs too. better to start the help at the top.
> > feds should allow cheap dirty econo car sales in the US for a limited
> > number of years. low power they wouldnt be allowed on some roads,
> > lower safety. but say 50 MPG minimum. such cars are sold in other
> > countries thru out the world
>
> Where are these cheap dirty cars being driven? =EF=BF=BD Certainly not in
> Europe, Japan, Canada, etc. =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDMaybe in China, where they =
don't give a
> damn about the environment. =EF=BF=BD I don't understand why they need to =
be
> dirty. =EF=BF=BD We have reasonable cost cars here getting very good milea=
ge
> that also meet all US regulations. =EF=BF=BD The problem is, people haven'=
t
> been buying them. =EF=BF=BDThey've been buying bigger cars and more
> importantly SUV's, so clearly price isn't the problem.
add a fuel hog tax to any new vehicle getting under 20 MPG. sure car
companies will miss the SUV sales but its important.
> > now before you get your panties in a wad, people use motorcycles for
> > transportation too, and by all means any car should be safer than a
> > harley...
>
> > all of these would help our short term problem. the cost of in action
> > is a major recession..........
>
> How is allowing cheap dirty cars into the US a short term solution to
> anything?
>
they get excellent gas mileage around 50MPG the tata costs 2500 bucks,
so lots of americans could afford a commuter or around home car.
> > and most importandly change funding of all national elections
> > completely. limit 100 bucks per person, no corporate giving to
> > candidates.
>
> > so our representives arent bought and sold anymore
>
> IMO, unconstitutional.
theres lots of rules on fundraising, this would just be more
restrictive........ and great for our country. and necessary, just
look at congress in the last 10 years, they are pathetic
we also need to look at what america can afford to do in the world?
wht should we still have military in europe? japan etc?
pre set hardened bases, with skelton crews, our troops back hme
spending their money here, providing border security etc......
currently our troops are just fiancial aid to other countries, like
germany.
definetely keep active bases in s korea etc........
in this day and age we can create a system to get our troops to any
part of the world in a day or two
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