Posts Tagged “CAFE”

Like cars? I do. Enjoy them while you can, because today we’ve taken one step closer to making them all obsolete. You see, the ObamaNation today sent out a decree from Barack Agustus that all the world’s automobiles shall be taxed, to the tune of $1,300, in order to force the big, bad automobile manufacturers to build vehicles that will deliver 34MPG by 2011.

Pause with me for a nanosecond while we consider this latest bit of lunacy.

First Obama becomes Marketer-in-Chief for Chrysler, cutting their advertising budget in half. Today, he set nationwide fuel economy standards for cars and trucks sold in the USA.

If Obamanomics dictates that it’s in the country’s best interest to get the Federal Government out of the car business, they’ve got a funny way of going about it. The absolute last thing the auto industry needs right now is the government telling them to improve fuel standards. Nice idea, higher mileage cars. Bad idea to put the government in charge, and worse idea to do it right now.

Not much more to say about this – for now, other than to wonder just what else the ObamaNation has planned for us.

They sure are good at campaigning, though. Pity the election is over.

Like American cars? I do. (Well…at least Jeeps.) Like American car makers? Me neither. To find a bigger bunch of clowns in charge, you’d have to look at…at…Congress. Of course, the question on everybody’s lips should be, why do American automobile makers make so many models that nobody wants, models that they couldn’t make money on, even if they DID sell well?

There’s a reason, a believe it or not, it’s not “executive incompetence.”

It’s Congress. Read the rest of this entry »