Auto Industry Leaders Speak Out Against Gas Tax 'Holiday'. By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press, May 2, 2008. "Automotive industry leaders have begun to speak out firmly against... [the McCain-Clinton gas tax 'holiday' idea]... [Chrysler CEO] Bob Nardelli, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson and others say that the nation needs the high gas prices to encourage consumers to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles -- which the federal government has mandated automakers build... 'You have to have alignment,' [said] Jim Press, the former Toyota... executive who [is now] a president and vice chairman [at Chrysler]... A day earlier, Jackson... told the Free Press that suspending the gas tax demonstrated 'zero intellectual honesty' and gave Americans 'confusing signals' about energy consumption. 'I've never heard of a plan that says, I want you to use less of something but I'm going to reduce the price,' said Jackson... 'It's like telling a heroin addict: You've got to deal with this heroin thing, but don't worry, I'm going to do everything I can to reduce the price of heroin. But, you really should do something about it.'"
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