[StBernard] Would McCain Equal a Third Term for Bush?

[Westley Annis]

Okay, I see what you're saying.  However, why would they even attempt to
mandate something that's not feasible?  

Jim



	
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	Jim,
	
	You're missing the point.
	
	The idiots in Congress always come up with these magical numbers and
dates
	without ever bothering to see if the technology is ready to meet
those dates
	and numbers at an affordable price.
	
	Like the switch to digital broadcast signals. It's not like the
technology
	wasn't there, but the price was too high. Most consumers couldn't
	afford
	either a new TV or one of these set-top boxes. And look what's
happening
	now. The government is having to subsidize the cost of the set-top
	 boxes.
	
	Just auto fuel efficiency. To meet the mandates Congress is trying
to
	impose, we will probably all have to start driving Yugo's.
	
	The market works. As gas prices started climbing, more people looked
to
	buying more fuel efficient cars. Didn't take a mandate from the high
	priests
	on Capitol Hill for that to happen.
	
	If Congress would limit its short attention span to just security
and
	infrastructure, the country would be a lot better off (not to
mention taxed
	a whole lot less).
	
	Westley