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As Gas Prices Fall, Fuel Economy Loses Importance to Auto Shoppers

Great, the truth is finally coming out. Seeking Alpha has been trashing GM Ford and Chrysler for a long time now for continuing to build big trucks and SUV's. They have continued to build those vehicles because people wanted them! and they still do!
This whole "auto bailout" has been co-opted by the environmentalists who see this as an opportunity to FORCE their agenda on the entire country, and the domestic automakers. This is social engineering at its best! It is analogous to the smoking laws and bans going into effect all over this country. The powers that be have been telling people to quit, but some just won't. So they are harassed, taxed, made to be pariahs and are generally looked down on. But this is still the land of the FREE right? Where we make our own life decisions? But if the decisions that "we" make (smoking, driving a hummer) don't jive with those in power, they will one way or anther, through taxation, or getting restrictive laws passed, force their agenda on the rest of us. The lawmakers and SeekingAlpha seem to think that "they" know what is best for us and the country, and that we are not "educated' enough to make our own decisions.