It seems like everyone is blaming Bush+co for the gas prices. I just don’t get it — the gas prices aren’t set by the government here, so why would it be their fault when it goes up? I also don’t understand why the majority of people think that we should be taxing the oil companies [...]

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve heard the stories about car makers having issues selling their large vehicles. One of the most recent stories is GM closing plants making SUV’s and trucks:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/business/04motors.html
In some ways, I see this as both a positive and a negative.. we Americans do tend to drive much larger vehicles [...]