$1.84/gallon gas in St. Louis, Missouri
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OK, most of us understand the struggles of home economics. Of COURSE it would be nice if gas were cheaper to help those struggling to make ends meet. But it just is not realistic that we can just wave a magic wand and control gas prices. The time for reasonable policies to deal with our fuel consumption are long past - not to mention we STILL subsidize the fuel industry and have artificially lower prices across the board than the rest of the world because of it.
In a normal time/economy, people could be a little more mobile in order to cut fuel consumption in their daily commutes. But with homeowners underwater, it just isn't as easy. So we wind up with people who have to make VERY hard choices about jobs, fueling cars and feeding their families. But, again, there is very little that can be done to fix this problem. It is a problem of our own making to a large extent since we never invested a public transport and kept building farther from job centers on the mistaken notion that we'd always have cheap gas. Again, roll the damn tape when even Fox News said there was nothing a president could really do to control gas prices. |
Anonymous
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzEnKdBAb_o
just helping you... |
Anonymous
O'Reilly: "Sell those SUVs. Ride a bicycle. Cut back on gas." Eff that. 
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