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To: Joe NYC who wrote (438017)	12/4/2008 11:14:45 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573927

Let me give you the answer why I would not raise CAFE standards, if I were president. I believe customers should vote with their dollars as far as what type of cars they want to drive. They do, and the carmakers respond. Sounds good in theory but it goes against what's good for the common good. Your attitude has prevailed over the last 30 years and has gotten this country in its current mess. Time for a change in thinking to something that works for the country. Second, I would not seek to impose rules that would put Big 3 at a disadvantage. The Big 3 are not less competitive in passenger cars, especially smaller passenger cars (with tight profit margins), because of uncompetitve labor costs. Therefore average US made car is bigger, heavier and less fuel efficient. So CAFE affects US Big 3 a lot more than others. See.....this is exactly what I mean. You see the problem in terms of GM's union because that's what your ideology tells you. GM's problems go much deeper than that.....solving the union problem will not solve GM's deeper problems nor encourage Americans to buy their cars.