Obama's personal remaking of America took another step forward today with the signing of the new laws on mileage and emission requirements for cars and trucks by 2016.
The analysis is already showing that the large SUV's, larger cars and performance cars of today MUST go. They will never achieve the required CAFE targets. It's got provisions for pickup truck manufacturing, but only with penalties built into the prices for the poorer mileage that they get. This will really only make them practical to professionals that must have them for their work.
Horsepower and performance will suffer under the tighter emissions requirements.
Recall the pictures of the streets of any city in Europe and the little sedans zipping around and you start to have a picture of our streets in 2016. Of course, those streets will fit perfectly into the socialist model that we will have become by then.
The bigger picture is this: In Obama's first 120 days he has done more damage to undo the American way of life and the advantages that the innovation and sweat of the last 50 years has given us, than I could have possibly imagined, even in my worst thoughts. It is simply incredible. And again, he goes on totally unchecked. He's been given a license to dismantle at will. The auto industry is just another example.
I am increasingly disappointed at my fellow Americans who voted so blindly for this guy, simply on the basis that we needed a "change", and so "let's give the other guys a chance." What a horrendous mistake. Of course, I can't necessarily be sure of how anyone voted, but at some point, I know I'm going to hear someone admit that they may have made a mistake. At that point, I am going to have to muster the greatest restraint on my opinions that I've ever done! Or maybe not.
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