Originally posted by Fake Thug
All of which were 100% blatantly false, because the number of fatal accidents continued to increase. In fact, they didn't decrease again until the speed limit went back into the control of the states.
He is also one of the douches that is against expanding the highway infrastructure to cope with demand, so instead of a nice efficient highway system at all times, we are stuck with urban gridlock in most cities, where our cars idle and run much less efficient than how they were designed to run.
Same with airports. We don't want to add runways and capacity, because then our airplanes might be able to actually get off the ground and run efficiently at full power, like they were designed to, instead of idling on the ground and spewing tons of pollutants everywhere around them.
And OF COURSE big oil has a say and influence in government. But then again, so does every other big business, and "special interest group" in the country. They all push THEIR agendas, so why should the oil companies not?
And I have news. EVERY organization has an agenda that doesn't benefit everyone, or even most of the common masses for that matter.
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