Posted on 08/22/2005 9:22:36 AM PDT by traumer
Your Mom is a smart woman.
The thing is I am in therapy because I have a phobia about being in a room with more than two people [ stems from gas problems] and my shink is having group meetings.
What should I do?
A good therapist won't go below $90 an hour !
THe good news is you can ride a bike to one....
and yet the democrats have SUCKERD the federal govenment out of mass transit money that all three south florida counties ADMIT! will do NOTHING to lower congestion.
They think agrivation will push people onto UNSAFE AND UNSECURED light rail and trains. Hmmmm sitting next to a smelly stranger stuck in traffic Orrrrr stuck in traffic in my own vehicle eating in comfort.
How does this effect those people that currently have these huge commutes, but don't have the money to move closer to their jobs?
Texas and Louisiana have some of the very best sport-fishing, both inland waters and offshore!
Offshore drilling in the GulfofMexico is high-tech these days and all adhere to zero-discharge of pollutants and waste.
Try instead $67.00 divided by 42 gallons- $1.59/gallon. Federal tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. State and local taxes vary of course.
lifestyle change or job change
Somehow, I just don't think it's as easy as that. People living 50, 60 or 80 miles from their jobs, a lot of times, don't live where their are jobs paying the same. If people already have budget problems, then a lower paying job, won't help much.
"Well, Doc, last night I dreamt my mother bought a Shell station"...
Exactly what I was thinking. Hmmmmm, I wonder what they could cut out to save money for gas...
Live goes on.....Most people can't tell you the exact year we had the energy crises in the 70's. We we thought we were all going to die becase gas was no longer $.27.
like I said, lifestyle change or job change
long commutes will become unpopular, especially for those w/ low paying jobs
I guess foreclosures and bankruptcies will be on the increase. Too bad they just made it harder to declare bankruptcy.
If prices don't change soon, Bush is going to have to at least address this, if for no other reason than for the sake of whomever follows him as a Republican presidential candidate.
"Ya gotta help me, doc! I'm having that dream again--where the Arabs chase me on camels that look like my old station wagon, and Jimmy Carter keeps blocking my path wearing leather and carrying a bullwhip..."
I don't think it's the 70mph that's causing his problems; how about the '99 Lincoln Continental. Let's assume he drives twice the annual mileage of the average driver. And let's assume that slowing from 70 to 60 gets him an extra 2 mpg. And let's assume he now spends all his time driving 60mph instead of 70mph. Congratulations, you're saving about $4 a week. If $4/week seriously affects your budget then you shouldn't be driving a Lincoln, or drinking those lattes, or smoking those cigarettes, or watching that cable tv, or....
This fellow, and most of the panic filled cases described in the article, definitely has problems. But even gasoline at $1/gallon won't fix those problems.
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