Perhaps we should also dictate how far from work they are allowed to live. And how big of home people can own should also be legislated. I think we should only allow motor sports and power boating on an as needed basis. Travel should be limited to only prior approved basis.
Or maybe we could try being Americans.
I just don't want to hear my co-workers complain about the price of gas. They live in $250,000 homes, drive $40,000 full-sized pickup trucks, and commute so far that the gas costs them over $400 a month. They could live closer to work and a house would cost the same. They don't need to commute in a full-size pickup truck. Even if they parked the truck and leased a Toyota Corolla that got 41 mpg, they'd come out ahead financially. All they want to do is whine and complain and moan about the price of gas. Some of them blame the "evil oil companies" for making profits (how dare they!). My co-workers don't bother to look in the mirror and realize that THEIR DEMAND based on WHAT THEY DO is causing prices to go up. Yes, we could drill more and we could also reduce the number of boutique blends that our aging refineries produce, but it's SUPPLY and DEMAND that is driving prices. Endlessly complaining about it like a bunch of crybabies isn't the American Way. Having ingenuity and coming up with a better solution and waking up to the world of supply and demand and capitalist economics and dealing with it is the American way.