Paul Ballew, General Motors Corp. 's top sales analyst, explained sluggish industry sales earlier this month by citing in part high fuel prices, which he called 'effectively a tax on U. S. households.

通用汽车（General MotorsCorp。）首席销售分析师保罗?巴罗（Paul Ballew）曾于9月初表示，油价高企是汽车销售不景气的原因之一，他将高油价称为“美国家庭的一项赋税。”