That sounds like a good idea, but I have a feeling the state police would have a problem with me strapping my two week old son and his brother onto the back of my motorcycle. Also, motorcycles don’t do well on slushy new england winter roads. Shoot, I guess I’ll stick to my Honda civic, which probably only gets about 5-8 mpg less than your motorcycle anyway. If you want to convince me that driving is a choice, please provide me with an alternative that does not involve:
A) Relocating my family to a metropolitan area
or
B) Changing careers to match at least one business within walking distance (those would be school-teacher or retail sales, btw)

Yes, gas is an expected expense akin to insurance and maitenance. However, I’d also be a bit perturbed if my insurance rate increased by 80-90% in under two years.

dismantled Reagan’s supply side economic model because it drove the country into a significant recession

This is so cute I’m going to wrap it up and put in my treasure chest of JG’s emphatic economic declarations.

The tax breaks we’re giving Big Oil are insulting to average Americans when they’re raking in Billions. This nonsense about cutting environmental regulations will do just about as much good as the gas tax cuts, b/c that’s not the cause of the problem. These profits aren’t being put into new searching, and that’s a big part of it. Plus, honestly, the deregulation has led to much bigger companies again, and there’s not a lot of incentive to lower prices. It’s not a “Free market” anymore.