[Secret Agent Man]

Yes, because we can choose to change habits and priorities and adjust personal budgets, or make more money and deal with it that way.

You are right that ever-increasing taxes are the thing we can’t survive. The Imperial government needs to be shrunk back to its constitutional limits. Government can’t be the safety net and uncle sugar for us and the illegals and the world. It ain’t working.

[tanknetter]

Yes, because we can choose to change habits and priorities and adjust personal budgets, or make more money and deal with it that way.

I see telecommuting (both part-time and full-time) potentially exploding because of high gas prices. Even in a recession (and US recessions have pretty low unemployment rates relative to the rest of the world), or perhaps especially during a recession, companies aren't going to be able to attract and retain top-notch employees based on what they can afford to pay in salaries alone.

Allowing me to work from home two days a week amounts to a 25-30% reduction in my gasoline expenses (with smaller actual dollar savings when it comes to wear/tear/maintenance on my car), and that works out to an extra $150 per month in my pocket if gas prices hit $4 a gallon.