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AMERICA 123 · 07-31-2008, 01:09 AM

I just laugh my ass off at all the misconceptions and misrepresentation concerning 'historic' CAFE - while always supporting the notion that a fuel tax accompanied by offsetting income tax revisions of equal value was always more preferable. Also that the proposed CAFE system for 2011 thru 2015 is something worse than a bad joke.

Perhaps the biggest laugh is the most bitter: given all the rest as it actually is - we wouldn't have left what little we do today of the domestic auto industry without the old CAFE program.

And also given all the rest as it actually is, a gradual rise in CAFE between '87 thru '07 would've definitely meant the pain and bad news of today would less as well.

Without the old, neglected CAFE program we'd either have already or would be currently discussing the break up and Bankruptcy proceedings of all three domestic producers.

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AMERICA 123 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Aug 2007 Drives: The bailout pkg Posts: 2,376	Re: CAFE: GM Spokesman Sets "Very Conservative Expectations" On Initial Volt Producti I just laugh my ass off at all the misconceptions and misrepresentation concerning 'historic' CAFE - while always supporting the notion that a fuel tax accompanied by offsetting income tax revisions of equal value was always more preferable. Also that the proposed CAFE system for 2011 thru 2015 is something worse than a bad joke. Perhaps the biggest laugh is the most bitter: given all the rest as it actually is - we wouldn't have left what little we do today of the domestic auto industry without the old CAFE program. And also given all the rest as it actually is, a gradual rise in CAFE between '87 thru '07 would've definitely meant the pain and bad news of today would less as well. Without the old, neglected CAFE program we'd either have already or would be currently discussing the break up and Bankruptcy proceedings of all three domestic producers. __________________ " 123" " 1-2-3, oh, that's how elementary it's gonna be -" "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." --Warren Buffet, June 2008 Last edited by AMERICA 123 : 07-31-2008 at 01:15 AM.