1) You don't like the power of the Fed to move money around
2) you do like the power of the Fed to override states

Me, I think the Fed is way past it's constitutional powers.
I'd like to see the powers delegated back to the states,
where they belong.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"F. George McDuffee"
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http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/...tabenow_t.html
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The Charging America Forward Act, first proposed last
summer, would provide customers with a $7,500 rebate for
plug-in electric vehicles, offer businesses tax credits for
purchasing plug-in hybrid trucks, expand a tax credit for
the installation of charging stations and renew a
public-private partnership to boost advanced battery
production.

Vice President Joe Biden last month suggested rebates could
replace tax credits as part of the Obama administration's
three-part plan to put 1 million electric vehicles on the
road by 2015, and Stabenow says her legislation will benefit
Michigan.
snip

Why should I or any other taxpayer give $7,500 to anyone to
buy an electric car? Even worse, why should the government
of the United States BORROW $7,500 to give to anyone to buy
an electric car. It should be noted that the actual cost to
the Treasury/Taxpayers would be considerably more than
$7,500 because of the overhead expenses.

The only way to stop this profligate and reckless spending,
short of total economic collapse, is to refuse to raise the
debt limit, with or without the Toomey payment priority
legislation.

While some of the motives behind this proposed subsidy, such
as a reduction in the need to import oil, are commendable
there appears to be a much simpler and cheaper alternatives.

One alternative is for Congress to override all NHTSA/DOT
and EPA regulations and preempt all state regulations, e.g.
California, that prevent the importation and sale of the
small and highly fuel efficient diesel cars that meet the
more stringent EEC standards. As indicated in prior emails,
these overrides to be effective must be accompanied with
severe civil and criminal penalties, including prison time,
for evasion, obstruction, impediment, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...sion_standards
http://www.dieselnet.com/standards/eu/ld.php
http://europa.eu/legislation_summari.../l28186_en.htm

The MPG numbers in the following articles are miles per
*IMPERIAL* gallon and must be converted to US MPG. See
http://www.tdiclub.com/misc/conversions.html and/or
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/fu...ter-d_850.html

FWIW
317 MPG Imperial = 317 * 0.833 = 264 MPG US
85.6 MPG Imp = 71.3 MPG US
80.7 MPG Imp = 67.2 MPG US


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...L1-review.html
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That's VW's 21st-century streamliner, the XL1, honed not for
speed but to achieve an astonishing 313mpg.
snip

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...13mpg-car.html

These are production cars are available at dealers showrooms
in the UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...s-on-sale.html

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-- Unka George (George McDuffee)
...............................
The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).