Family Security Matters - Coincidences, Truth, and Propaganda

Family Security Matters:

Coincidences, Truth, and Propaganda

On April 18th I received an email from the Sierra Club announcing that "We're endorsing President Obama for reelection. We've made too much progress over the past four years to give it all back to Big Polluters."

Among the Sierra Club's many projects to plunge the nation back to the golden days of reading by candle light and transportation by horse has been "Beyond Oil." It praised the President for implementing "the toughest fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks in history." Never mind that this has driven up the cost of cars and trucks or that the price of gasoline at the pump is headed toward historic highs.

The Center for Automotive Research has warned that overly stringent standards could add $10,000 to the cost of a new car, thereby decreasing sales, reducing production, and thereby destroying as many as 220,000 jobs. A 2002 National Academy of Sciences study concluded that CAFÉ's downsizing effect makes cars less safe and contributed to as many as 2,600 deaths per year.



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