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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2011-02-14, Phlip  wrote:   
   >> Back in the late 1970s when what are now called SUVs were nothing but a   
   >> niche vehicle for construction/farm/ranch work or the choice of   
   >> off-roaders and outdoorsmen congress decided it would force americans to   
   >> drive smaller cars with CAFE.   
   >   
   > I'm beginning to notice a pattern.   
   >   
   > Certain people here approve of socialism, wholeheartedly, when it   
   > benefits Big Oil. Such as standardized roads.   
   >   
   > But the same people mysteriously cannot bring themselves to support   
   > socialism when it reduces Big Oil's profits. Such as efficient bus   
   > lines, or light rail.   
   >   
   > Hmm...   
      
   I'm sorry that you can only think in boxes provided to you by the status   
   quo. I haven't approved of anything, certainly not benefits of the big   
   oil cartel that has been established by the political system. I for one   
   am sick of money being taken from me by the US federal government to   
   then be applied to killing people overseas for the benefit of big oil.   
   But that's how central planning and political processes roll. Violence   
   is their tool. I am simply explaining to you how the things you don't   
   like are the result of the political process.   
      
   As I already discussed, when there was a freer market, the market   
   provided light rail and buses. These businesses did not like competing   
   in the free market and hence made deals with government. That's a deal   
   with the devil. The political process eventually took over their   
   companies.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)