Politically speaking, and pardon the language, but at what price were people pissed off? Convert that to todays dollars and I'm sure we're much higher than that. 8-)
Too, if people HAD to buy multiple gallons of milk every week, they'd be just as upset over its price.
I'm not saying it's all rational, but it does effect people's support of various public policies. The one thing I cannot figure out is how people support democrat policies of blocking energy production, then turn around and complain about the price of fuel.
This whole argument is stupid. Yeah, sure the price of staple goods is more expensive/inflates faster than gas, but I ask, Who needs to buy 10-15 gallons of milk in a week? Or 10-15 loaves of bread?
If we could get buy with 1-2 gallons of gas a week, then $3.00 gallon would be nothing to fret over. The fact that we have to consume gas at a much higher rate and quantity than similarly priced staple goods refutes this whole argument.
ya know, it's funny. I hear my girlfriend make that complaint fill-up after fill-up. then she gets mad when I tell her to stop supporting idiotic Demon-rat-ic policies if she wants cheap gas. To which i get the reply "well, i support it if it keeps the air clean." ugh, i can't win...