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To: Road Walker who wrote (289652)	5/31/2006 8:32:47 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571803

Friedman's rage is palpable. My own frustration and rage is in the same stratosphere. This gov't is out of control and our entire Democracy is in trouble. Tejek used to scream about it and I used to pooh-pooh his statements as extreme. But there can be no denying it now.

To: Road Walker who wrote (289652)	6/1/2006 9:04:08 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571803

That might be an effective promotion. Figure gasoline averages $3.50 over the year (its lower than that now). Lets say the vehicle gets 15 MPG (rather low for a new vehicle and less than a number of cars on that list get), and the driver drives 15,000 miles. So 1000 gallons. $1.50 per gallon. Net cost $1500. I think it would probably wind up costing more like $1000. I think that this promotion would work better for GM than just knocking the price down $1000. Of course if you lower the price of gasoline for some people there is some incentive to use more of it, so I can see why you don't like the promotion much.