Here is one:<\/p>\n
Re \u201cAuto Executives Face a Hard Sell on Capitol Hill\u201d\u009d (front page, Dec. 5):<\/p>\n
I am one of those skeptics who believe that no amount of money will effect changes in businesses that keep their leadership in place. Promises aside, they\u2019ve led their companies into the fix they\u2019re in. A structured Chapter 11 is the way to go.<\/p>\n
Also, I strongly suggest to the president-elect to institute a $1 tax on every gallon of gasoline on the day he takes office. With it, he can finance the desperately needed rebuilding of our infrastructure and create jobs. We Americans must have a powerful incentive to give up our wasteful, lazy ways \u201d\u201d buying big cars, spending and driving unnecessarily.<\/p>\n
Barack Obama must be honest with us; it\u2019s not the economy of the country that is in peril, it\u2019s the economy of the earth \u201d\u201d and all its inhabitants.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Holofcener<\/p><\/blockquote>\n