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Originally Posted by Clev
...The problem is that people insist on a 3/4 ton truck to haul around a jetski, and then complain that gas is too expensive when they use it as a daily driver. ...I have a family member who pays a $400 per month truck payment for a Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab longbed ...Yet she insisted on having this truck, and mocked me for daring to suggest she buy a compact truck or, god forbid, a car.
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I would agree with what you said here, people won't even consider not buying the big truck. The only thing I've ever seen in my boss's 8.1L 2500HD is a push-mower. Anyone buying said 3/4 ton rig shouldn't be complaining, but they do.
Instead of inviting the nanny-state to invade more of our purchasing choices, we citizens should educate those who are shopping about the true costs of the big rig (props to the guys that started this site). I was once much like your relative, but am not anymore - commuting for as cheap as possible frees up money for other things. Doesn't take a new law, just education.
What do you base the "Bureaucrats have already distorted the market by heavily subsidizing fossil fuels" on?? As far as I know they are subsidizing the alternative fuels (correct me if I'm wrong), to the extent they instituted a 10% ethanol-monopoly at the pumps (which is killing my mpgs!!!!)