Quote:Less people using a product doesn't lead to the revenue streams required to create better vehicles.


So your saying the higher cost of fuel and vehicles doesn't play into the factor of you not owning a vehicle?


That's the result of heavy regulation higher cost passed onto the consumer.

They could cut the cost in half and I still wouldn't buy a car. Simple reason; I don't need one at the moment. Everything I need is within 20 minutes cycle of my home. Public transportation can get me virtually everywhere else and on the rare cases I do actually need a car I can borrow one or rent one.


Honestly Eric, your fetish with small government is delusional. While a massive bureacracy is certainly not desirable you still need an entity which empowers the people. The only major problem I see with the US government is your politicians being bought and paid for by corporations. The US government is no longer an equalising power between the powerful corporations and the powerless people but it is increasingly an instutition for formally legalising the almost inevitable oligarchy.

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