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Originally Posted by GregE
Like what shit they don't need, their monthly mortgage payment and food on the table?
There's lots of hardworking people out there struggling to get by nowadays. You might not give a rat's ass about them but not everybody feels the same way.
As for saving; what the fuck do you want them to do that for? Disposable income is best spent on porn  |
a) Almost to the person, unless they are on the absolute poverty line the gas prices so far aren't affecting shit... they're not even that high in the US.
It's like the guy in the office here that talks about an extra $30 a week gas but smokes $100 worth of cigarettes a week and spends $50-100 at a bar on the weekend.
It's time oil asserted it's proper place in the scheme of things. The ability to drive to work is more important than drinking, smoking, buying new clothes every month, drinking $4 coffees, eating $10 lunches, getting mortgages that were far out of their reach or using an SUV to get there instead of a smaller car.
b) I care, this really is the best thing for them, artificially cheap fuel for another 5 years is going to hurt them even more. It's more that people don't give a rat's ass about their own situation and can't see the forest for the trees. Unless they are literally the working poor they mostly have themselves to blame. It's harsh but true. No one pointed a gun at anyone's head and make them take out a 500k mortgage and buy a SUV that gets 10mpg.
At least their debts are getting inflated away too.