That being so, there's really no reason to let any car bigger than a Prius be built. Doing so just encourages the unenlightened to overbreed. And so it is that in its editorial of today, the Grey-but-barren Lady suggests that as a condition of the Detroit bailout, "Congress could consider demanding that Detroit simply phase out S.U.V.’s and vans by a certain date."
Great idea. Let the Mormons and others who take that "be fruitful and multiply" stuff seriously, like Hasidic Jews, walk to Wal-Mart or wherever else those kind of people go. Lincoln Center is right down the block. Frankly, we don't see the need for cars at all.
Update: Check Out The Hatch Family in Their SUV!
Jenny Hatch, of the Hatch family pictured here, has written to say:
We went to Utah last week and packed the kids in the car. Tight squeeze, but we made it. If we had a Prius, I guess we could have duck taped a few of the boys to the roof for the eleven hour car ride to Utah.
View a brief clip of the Hatch Family in their SUV here.
