General Motors CEO Wants a $1 Fed Gas Tax Hike To "Encourage" Us To Buy Low MPG Cars
WHO DOES THIS GUY THINK HE IS?
http://detnews.com/article/20110607/AUTO01/106070368/1148/rss25 (GM chief pushing for higher gas taxes)
Last Updated: June 07. 2011 6:17AM GM chief pushing for higher gas taxesDavid Shepardson and Christina Rogers/ The Detroit NewsDetroit — General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson wants the federal gas tax boosted as much as $1 a gallon to nudge consumers toward more fuel-efficient cars, and he's confident the government will soon shed its remaining 26 percent stake in the once-bankrupt automaker.
"I actually think the government will be out this year — within the next 12 months, hopefully within the next six months," Akerson said in a two-hour interview with The Detroit News last week.
He is grateful for the government's rescue of GM — "I have nothing but good things to say about them" — but Akerson said the time for that relationship to end is coming because it's wearing on GM.
"It's kind of like your in-…
http://detnews.com/article/20110607/AUTO01/106070368/1148/rss25 (GM chief pushing for higher gas taxes)
Last Updated: June 07. 2011 6:17AM GM chief pushing for higher gas taxesDavid Shepardson and Christina Rogers/ The Detroit NewsDetroit — General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson wants the federal gas tax boosted as much as $1 a gallon to nudge consumers toward more fuel-efficient cars, and he's confident the government will soon shed its remaining 26 percent stake in the once-bankrupt automaker.
"I actually think the government will be out this year — within the next 12 months, hopefully within the next six months," Akerson said in a two-hour interview with The Detroit News last week.
He is grateful for the government's rescue of GM — "I have nothing but good things to say about them" — but Akerson said the time for that relationship to end is coming because it's wearing on GM.
"It's kind of like your in-…