Well, what would you expect from a Californian?
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Well, what would you expect from a Californian?
Well, what would you expect from a Californian?
You can read the whole thing here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DTL&type=autos
Article Written By: Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times
But this is one, among the many tirades- that I thought would catch your eye. Someone needs to take ol' Dan to a strip club, or tell his wife (or "lover") to relax the three times a year rule.
"If we were serious about oil dependence, we would dramatically raise fuel economy standards, impose gas-guzzler taxes on noncommercial light trucks and lower the national speed limit" (Neil 2006).
I just realized he wrote this in March. One of the guys on the MDX board posted it today. It caught my attention because the thread was about the Mercedes GL450, which my friend just happened to buy last week.
However, I think a lot of what this guy is saying, goes well beyond the keyholders of the new GL.
You can read the whole thing here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DTL&type=autos
Article Written By: Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times
But this is one, among the many tirades- that I thought would catch your eye. Someone needs to take ol' Dan to a strip club, or tell his wife (or "lover") to relax the three times a year rule.
"If we were serious about oil dependence, we would dramatically raise fuel economy standards, impose gas-guzzler taxes on noncommercial light trucks and lower the national speed limit" (Neil 2006).
I just realized he wrote this in March. One of the guys on the MDX board posted it today. It caught my attention because the thread was about the Mercedes GL450, which my friend just happened to buy last week.
However, I think a lot of what this guy is saying, goes well beyond the keyholders of the new GL.
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Originally Posted by Bighersh
"If we were serious about oil dependence, we would dramatically raise fuel economy standards, impose gas-guzzler taxes on noncommercial light trucks and lower the national speed limit" (Neil 2006).
Well, he's right!
These exact kinds of things are routinely done in Europe to influence social behavior to the liking of the government. What he forgets is that we live in the United States, and while we do have our fair share of government intervention into our daily lives, it pales in comparison to what is common in Western Europe.
This relative lack of government intervention makes the US, as a whole, more competitive and more prosperous to what is the occurring across the pond. In my opinion, most of modern Europe is teetering on the edge of becoming "economically insignificant" because of their aggressive social policies and punitive governmental economic programs.
Most European countries are not operating on a sustainable business model, although I guess the same could be currently said of our own Social Security and MedicAid/MediCare programs....
