Want to avoid scrutiny? Don’t suggest higher gas prices if you’re an auto exec
In a recent interview, GM chief executive Dan Akerson suggested Washington increase the gas tax. His PR department, meanwhile, is probably increasing its alcohol intake.
The CEO at America’s favorite bailed-out automaker told the Detroit News that instead of forcing car companies to make more fuel-efficient vehicles, lawmakers should instead increase the gas tax.
“You know what I’d rather have them do—this will make my Republican friends puke—as gas is going to go down here now, we ought to just slap a 50-cent or a dollar tax on a gallon of gas … People will start buying more Cruzes and they will start buying less Suburbans.”
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