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Thread #116865 Message #2512220
Posted By: Richard Bridge
10-Dec-08 - 09:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who Wants to be Car Czar???
Subject: RE: BS: Who Wants to be Car Czar???
Give all terrorists and illegal immigrants a Corvair. That should give the US car-makers something to do and control the target population at the same time.
Put an extra duty on independent rear suspension.
A progressive tax on octane rating - no tax on 70 octane rising to 10 times present tax on 100 octane.
Make a 10mph bumper (like the old 5 mph ones) compulsory.
That should stop imports.
Ban seat belts and put a 9 inch spike in the middle of the steering wheel - that would reduce demands on hospitals because many car accident victims would die in stead of needing treatment.
Japanese style annual car tests.