gas guzzler tax

[Jerriko]

Originally posted by Jpx87:
if thats true then they need to make a bill not allowing manufactuers to do that. because thats like taking the burden of having to make better fuel efficent engines of their back and putting the weight on yours in a sense. if thoose companies were forced to pay that they would say "we need to make better engiens to meet these standards because we are losing a lot of meny on these cars. and i dotn think that they would just get rid of these type cars. look at how many ppl liek the vette there is no way they would get rid of the vette for the that or the gto. dont have any figs on me but i bet the gto is in the top 3 for pontiac sales. there is no way ford would get rid of the stang because of it. and even on a wider scale lets include suv even though i agree with shenanigans. look at how much of the domestic market is full of suvs gm alone has alot of the suv market. if they were lossing moeny on thoose cars there would be a big turn-around quick becasue right now thats their bread and butter. bottom line is manufactuers should foot the bill so they can make fast fuel efficent cars.

Every company does that from car manufacturers to mcdonald's. Anytime the cost to make a product goes up, the increase is passed (in one way or another) to the consumer. With your line of thinking, inflation would be a thing of the past as well 100% of all of the businesses in the US.