Will the real John McCain please stand up?

Amidst housing prices in free fall and the rising tide of foreclosures, Washington is on the brink of yet another policy disaster. And the one man who has shown clarity and restraint is beginning to crumble.

For the last two months, proposals to bailout the subprime mortgage market have become the new political football in the upcoming presidential election.

As a result, we are in danger of ignoring the moral imperative which lead people into this mess in the first place.

Holy foregone conclusion, Batman!

Apologies for not posting recently; life gets in the way every so often.

At any rate, as I was making my usual rounds through the blogosphere, I ran across a post at MotorAuthority  that blew me away with it’s stunning obviousness.

In a nutshell, the National Center for Public Policy Research  recently released a study where consumers were asked if they would support an increase in gasoline taxes to support initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.