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What do you think about Obama allowing state to determine emission standard for cars?


I think it interferes with interstate commerce. While there can be a duality of regulation, generally federal law trumps. When it comes to importing vehicles and interstate commerce and transportation, I believe that determining emission standards should be a federal question not a state question. People will drive their cars; sell their cars across state lines, etc. Would a consumer who buys a car be able to tell if he or she just paid for a car that he or she could not use in his or her state. Chaos will ensue.

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7 Responses to “What do you think about Obama allowing state to determine emission standard for cars?”

  1. Reality has a Liberal Bias on July 31st, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    Great idea.

    I thought Conservatives were in favor of states’ rights?
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  2. It is stupid. It allows there to be too many different standards. All it will do is make cars more expensive. It is a dirty hippie idea, make cars so expensive that people can’t afford them. Make our nation less productive since people won’t be able to travel.
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  3. I think it’s a great idea. California is at the forefront of creating stricter fuel efficiency standards.
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  4. It is really the only fair way to do this.
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  5. He’s doing it because California wants to set its own standard (again). It’s a great idea, because California’s not about to go bankrupt or anything.
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  6. The Professor on July 31st, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    I may be a liberal but I comepletely agree with it.

    The states should control the standards. Ths whole idea of an "one size fits all" idealogy is hurting us as a nation.
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  7. I think it interferes with interstate commerce. While there can be a duality of regulation, generally federal law trumps. When it comes to importing vehicles and interstate commerce and transportation, I believe that determining emission standards should be a federal question not a state question. People will drive their cars; sell their cars across state lines, etc. Would a consumer who buys a car be able to tell if he or she just paid for a car that he or she could not use in his or her state. Chaos will ensue.
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