It doesn't It only raises revenues for local and state law enforcement, and make the prius driving eco-terrorists happy.

Wagner has a really good point. If our economy falls, so does everybody elses. I don't care how righteous or euro-centric or pro-asia you are, its completely true. I think that the other thread about SA questioning this is a sign that the global market realizes that we're on a slippery road to becoming the planet Exxon rather than Earth.
THAT would be communism for ya.