Democrats Think You’re Too Stupid To Figure Out Which Cars To Drive

The Dems’ big push on gas prices is being spearheaded by this “Americans deserve more efficient vehicles” nonsense:

Democrats: Motorists deserve more fuel efficient cars
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Democratic senator said a new energy plan backed by both Democrats and Republicans is sorely needed in the United States, where motorists face a summer of dramatic hikes in gas prices.
“All it takes is one trip to the gas station to know Americans face an energy crisis,” said Maria Cantwell of Washington state in the weekly Democratic radio address.

You know what the problem with this is? When given a choice, Americans are overwhelmingly choosing the luxury and convenience of less fuel efficient vehicles over the fuel savings of more efficient vehicles like hybrids. And as for America being in a fuel crisis? It’s not much of a crisis when Americans are actually driving more during these times of high gas prices rather than less.
So what’s with the Democrats using their own conjured up “fuel crisis” as an excuse to tell us what cars we can drive? It’s all about control, as liberals love to put the government in charge of as much of our lives as possible, and pandering to the environmentalist base.
Ultimately, our energy situation would be helped a great deal more by the government being less involved in energy than more. But that won’t stop people like Senator Cantwell from essentially arguing to nationalize the energy industry (something Hillary Clinton has talked about as well):

Cantwell, who decried American dependence on foreign oil, supports a more centralized energy plan that would reduce the cost of fuel. Such a plan, she believes, would preserve thousands of U.S. jobs and support small businesses hurt by rising fuel costs.

Reducing the cost of energy through central control of the energy industry. Sounds decidedly…Marxist.