{"id":19171,"date":"2011-06-09T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:18:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-20T00:18:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:18:14","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_as_gm_goes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/06\/09\/rush_s_morning_update_as_gm_goes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: As GM Goes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"img_\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The CEO of Government Motors, Dan Akerson, told the Detroit News that it would benefit GM if you paid higher gasoline taxes. Mr. Akerson said a $1-a-gallon increase in the gas tax would &amp;ldquo;encourage&amp;rdquo; a lot of you to purchase smaller, more fuel-efficient cars. Sure, he said, a higher gas tax would make some of his Republicans friends &amp;ldquo;puke,&amp;rdquo; but he claimed it would help the environment.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he&amp;rsquo;d support a jump in the gas tax over tighter fuel-economy regulations that GM and other automakers will have to comply with in the future. Because, he said, taxing production here &amp;ldquo;will cost us jobs.&amp;rdquo; When asked about replacing the gas tax with a tax on miles driven, Akerson said: &amp;ldquo;There ought to be a discussion on the cost versus the benefits.&amp;rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Regime&amp;rsquo;s auto company is finally 100% politically corrected! Obama has got to be pleased. Maybe he&amp;rsquo;ll even let this GM CEO keep his gig for a while.<\/p>\n<p>One thing would render this talk of gas taxes moot: A significant, sustained jump in domestic oil production. We have the need &amp;ndash; and the resources to do it. The only thing we don&amp;rsquo;t have &amp;hellip; is the political will.<\/p>\n<p>There&amp;rsquo;s an old adage: &amp;ldquo;As GM goes &amp;ndash; so goes the nation.&amp;rdquo; Well, apparently, GM&amp;rsquo;s management has gone &amp;ndash; over to the fringe-kook, environmentalist-wacko, left-wing lane. But the nation isn&amp;rsquo;t going to drive off the cliff with them. Not if I can help it.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of Government Motors, Dan Akerson, told the Detroit News that it would benefit GM if you paid higher gasoline taxes. Mr. Akerson said a $1-a-gallon increase in the gas tax would &amp;ldquo;encourage&amp;rdquo; a lot of you to purchase smaller, more fuel-efficient cars. 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