Dim Bulb: General Motors CEO Dan Akerson

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WHAT: “You know what I’d rather have them do — this will make my Republican friends puke — as gas is going to go down here now, we ought to just slap a 50-cent or a dollar tax on a gallon of gas,” Akerson told the Detroit News. WHY IT’S DIM: Next, he’ll want a law telling people to buy Chevy Volts.

CURE: Focus on building cars people want instead of PC politics.

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