Hey Billy, [1] even you aren’t aware of the scope of the attempt, here…. an unusual situation…
“The United States should consider implementing a European-style gasoline tax if it hopes to deal with energy security and global warming, the head of Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday.
‘The way to get at is to make an economic decision just like in Europe where the fuel prices are seven or eight dollars a gallon,’ Ford chief executive officer Alan Mulally said. ‘Then our behavior would change dramatically.'”
I’ll say.
Yeah, well, first; I mentioned this one yesterday, and was about to post a follow on, when I noticed your post. Check this [2]:
Michigan Democratic Congressman John Dingell — who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee — plans to introduce legislation to fight global warming that includes a 50-cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline — and the elimination of mortgage tax deductions on houses larger than 3,000 square feet.
Dingell admits the ideas are not popular. “I know I’m going to catch hell for them,” he says. “If we are serious about global warming, we need to reduce consumption by making it more expensive.”
Cybercast News reports critics are calling the ideas “ill-informed, misguided, and economically detrimental.”
I dunno about you, man, but this smacks to me of some degree of coordination.
But make careful note of what I said yesterday about the causes, here.. and it’s a point Quick misses, too:
Mulally is just trying to sign onto it, because he figures he’s going to have a Democratic run Congress to deal with for a while. And as you see, the Democrats are already making similar noises. It’s the old line about having established what kind of girl she is, they’re now down to haggling over price.