Comments on: Fuel Economy Goes to Washington

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:13:13 +0000

Right on! The Europeans and many others have heavily taxed gasoline for years and it works. European and Japanese cars are much more fuel efficient than the US counterparts. Bogus US manufacturer claims that they can’t make safe, fuel efficient cars are ridiculous in the face of the cars they sell in Europe and many other parts of the world.

By: AP

AP — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:57:05 +0000

Just roll in a $2/gallon fuel tax increase over 5 years, REFUND that money as a tax credit on income tax. Then who cares how the manufacturers meet the demand for fuel-efficient vehicles?

You don't need CAFE, you don't have to define what cars and trucks are, and you don't have to watch-dog car-makers. They would respond or die!

By: Gerald Shields

Gerald Shields — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:56:37 +0000

Also, a 50% tax break should be given to someone who buys a microcompact car.

By: Gerald Shields

Gerald Shields — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:46:15 +0000

(1) Hybrids, particularly ones that can get 35 MPG or over should get the "Hummer" tax breaks. Hummers and other SUVs that have below 20 MPG should be taxed. The crappier the gas mileage, the more it should be taxed.

(2) Loan guarantees to banks that loan money to automakers and tax breaks should be given to ailing automakers. However, the requirements to get these is: Their entire line of vehicles should average about 40 MPG.

(3) Auto dealerships should get tax breaks for selling fuel efficient cars and get taxed for selling gas guzzlers.

By: David

David — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:24:10 +0000

The government did NOT bail out Chrysler. The government gave *loan guarantees* so that banks would loan money to Chrysler. Those loans were paid off SEVEN YEARS EARLY. Even the administrative costs of the loan guarantees were paid for by *Chrysler* NOT the taxpayers.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:51:52 +0000

Capitalism is doing its job by getting rid of dysfuctional organizations. That is the so called big three with their greedy executives and their single anti-patriotic union.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:19:28 +0000

CAFE is a joke distracting our attention because it has “A” for Average. I would replace it with CIFE (“I” for Individual)- Car Individual Fuel Economy, instead of Corporate Average. Then there will be no excuse for the outrageous fuel economy deviations of some cars.
Mixture of small and big cars on the road is deadly for the people in the small cars; CAFE creates such mixture; CIFE limits the deadly differences and I would add uniform bumper standard.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:22:39 +0000

the same thing happened in the 70′s with Chrysler. It was mismanaged and you and I as tax payers bailed them out. Now here we go again. Capitalism is dead and here comes socialism.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:56:02 +0000

Thats BS the car companies mismanage their business and products and now the tax payers have to subsidize the employee health benefits.
Cafe is a joke it has more loopholes than a three ring circus.