About This Site

This blog is primarily intended to keep our family and friends up-to-date on where we are and where we’re going as we drive around the country as long-haul truckers. But it’s also a chance to share some observations about life on the road and life in general.

The title is a reference to one of the things we find so attractive about driving a truck (which weighs 40 tons – 80,000 pounds – when fully loaded); it allows us to travel all over this great country of ours, see the sights, and get paid while we're doing it!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

What Government Should NOT Do to Lower Fuel Prices

We've heard more and more talk from politicians (especially presidential candidates) about what the government can and should do to address the ever-increasing price of gas and diesel fuel. While things like a "gas tax holiday" might ease the pain temporarily, what's really needed is for the government to "do" less - in terms of restrictions and regulations.

A recent commentary on the website of The Heritage Foundation echoes what Mike believes needs to happen in order to address the problem - allow more drilling and construction of new refineries. Human Events.com contains a related article discussing how over-zealous environmental groups are impacting our ability to maximize our oil resources.

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