[aspiring.hillbilly]

Smart move on your part, bad for anyone with a petroleum burning vehicle....

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46209

[fooman]

I could have bought a lexis suv. I bought a civic instead for 6.2k and invested the payment inusrance and taxes in the funds....

[fooman]

The internal memoranda themselves have been made public before, in a 2001 investigative report by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who this week said the primary reason for sky-high prices is that "the government isn't in the consumer-protection business anymore."

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I would consider the source here. The gov regs have been a 'barrier to entry' as porter would say. Sure. no rush to make as much with entry barriers and cap expense needed. A nimby tax with tax credits for construction would change this.