Yet Another Freedom Revoked.... Good Article. Jarrad
On Mar 17, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Lance McCulley wrote: > Imagine a Google executive demanding a tax on software, or General > Mills asking for a tax on wheat. That's where we now are in the U.S. > auto industry, with Ford CEO Alan Mulally believing he has little > choice but to seek a tax on the very fuel that powers his products. > > Mr. Mulally was a guest recently at this newspaper's ECO:nomics > conference in Santa Barbara, where he outlined his efforts to revamp > the struggling car maker. He said one problem is that America didn't > have an "integrated energy policy." On the one hand, the government > "regulated" smaller cars by "mandating average fuel mileage > improvements," but on the other hand "with low fuel prices and low > interest rates over the years, the U.S. consumers have chosen > generally larger vehicles." > > Mr. Mulally offered his own solution to the mismatch, artfully > explaining that we needed to "involve the consumer in our energy > policy." In case anyone missed his point, Michael Jackson, CEO of > AutoNation, the largest auto dealer in the country, was more > explicit: "Mr. Mulally said it very elegantly last night and I will > say it more straightforward. We need more expensive gasoline." > > --http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123725594071950875.html > > -Lance > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Politically Opinionated Outspoken People Expounding Religion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pooper?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
