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To: michael97123 who wrote (392377)	6/19/2008 8:28:39 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577403

I want a free car from the gov. and a free house, and beer.

To: michael97123 who wrote (392377)	6/19/2008 10:23:35 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1577403

michael, not waht i said joe. I think the govt needs to make green cars more affordable so more green cars are on the road thus making us more energy independent. There are a plenty of smaller, more energy efficient cars available for sale right now, at prices that are lower than larger, less energy efficient cars. I am not quite sure I understand your point. BTW, how exactly is the government going to make some cars more affordable, rather than using subsidies? And if so, people who are already using public transportation are going to be paying for other people to buy cars at below the market prices... They only will have to do this for a year or two until the costs of building green cars has been reduced and the demand side takes over as everyone wants one in his garage. So you would spend all this money on hybrid gimmick, and phase it out when the really efficient plug in electric cars hit the market? I would fund this by keeping gas price at $4 and using taxing power if bubble bursts which it will and gas falls back to lets say $3. The bubble may burst, but one effective way to do this would be to an announcement of future production increases. US domestic drilling could help, and so would expedited production increases out of Iraq. Those things would actually bring extra revenue to US treasury (domestic production taxes and royalties) and reduce expenditure (Iraq government aid). Joe