"Michael Pardee" wrote in news:uLydnXsYIdpXsRzUnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@sedona.net:
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> 1. kinda dumb to impose large increases to federal gas taxes right
> now, don't you think?
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> 2. I said higher gas taxes were on the way after the economy recovers. >
> CAFE is pretty lame but that's the tool at hand. $1500 on new cars is
> far more reasonable than taxing gas so it returns to $4/gal. right
> now. Of course, Republicans would love to see Obama raise fuel taxes
> as the Dems would take a huge hit during the next election. But that
> didn't occur to you, I'm sure.
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> Why you presume to read my mind (and you do it so poorly) baffles me.
> As an American Republican, I don't see the benefit in further damaging
> the US economy with taxes regardless who gets the blame. Do you want
> to see the economy damaged? I oppose additional taxes and CAFE for the
> same reasons; they are stupid ways to bleed our economy.
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> The problem with CAFE is that it is not merely worthless, it is
> damaging because it saps money from the economy to no advantage.You
> would not use a hammer on a fuel injector because it is the tool at
> hand. Look at the US petroleum consumption curve at
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and tell me by examining> the curve when CAFE was enacted. (Hint - it is not visible within the> sharp downturn already produced by market forces.) You will notice the> accompanying text does not mention the effect of CAFE at all.>
> Mike
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the chart you cite doesn't mean anything because after CAFE was enacted,the LOOPHOLE excluding SUV's/light trucks enabled vehicle buyers to keep on driving gas hogs,by shifting to those tanks.