Who is Obama to tell us how many miles per gallon our cars ought to get?

the_wife_from_7th_heaven questioned:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/19/obama-announces-new-fuel-efficiency-emissions-principles/

Do Democrats subdue reflect he is not a socialist? He’s a socialist, and he is ruining our public, our morals, and our state, fact.
I like my Housing, its huge, its strong, and i like knowing that if we are in an accident, at smallest amount we will live.