From Deseret News archives:
GM keeps the gas flowing and U.S. soldiers in danger
Why? Like a crack dealer looking to keep his addicts on a tight leash, GM announced its "fuel price protection program" on May 23. If you live in Florida or California and buy certain GM vehicles by July 5, the company will guarantee you gasoline at a cap price of $1.99 a gallon for one year with no limit on mileage. Guzzle away.
As the Associated Press explained the program, each month for one year, GM will give customers who buy these cars "a credit on a prepaid card based on their estimated fuel usage. Fuel usage will be calculated by the miles they drive, as recorded by OnStar, and the vehicle's fuel economy rating. GM will credit drivers the difference between the average price per gallon in their state and the $1.99 cap." Consumers won't get any credits if gas prices fall below $1.99.
"This program gives consumers an opportunity to experience the highly fuel-efficient vehicles GM has to offer in the midsize segment," Dave Borchelt, GM's southeast general manager, said in the company's official statement. Oh, really?
Let's see, the 6,400-pound Hummer H2 averages around nine miles per gallon. It really is great that GM is giving more Americans the opportunity to experience nine-miles-per-gallon driving. And the hulking Chevy Suburban gets around 15 miles per gallon. It will be wonderful if more Americans can experience that, too with GM-subsidized gas.
Our military is in a war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan with an enemy who is fueled by our gasoline purchases. So we are financing both sides in the war on terror. And what are we doing about that? Not only is GM subsidizing its gas-guzzlers, but not a single member of Congress, liberal or conservative, will stand up and demand what most of them know: that we must have some kind of gasoline tax to compel Americans to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles and to compel Detroit to make them.
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