“Time for people to grow up and take responsibility.”
I’m all for that. However, I also think they need to make their own mistakes along the way. Why allow Government to dictate where we live...which is just what they’re doing through higher fuel prices...caused in part by taxes on fuel, a zillion regulations that thwart drilling and exploration, hundreds of mandated fuel “blends” to keep the Enviros happy and our own foreign policies.
If anyone in Congress had a set, we’d have started creating even more of our own energy back in the 1980’s (or even before) when we had to suffer Carter telling us to turn down the thermo and put on a sweater!
My commute is 10 minutes. My husband works from home. I also sell books on-line from home and if we didn’t need the health insurance I’m currently providing through my job, I’d be back home full time in a heartbeat.
We can make a nice living from ‘out in the country.’ I don’t need Hippies, Enviros or the Government telling me what to do. They should kiss my @ss every day for the tax revenue I generate for them. Jerks.
When did I ever say I wanted government to dictate where we live? If you really think drilling will bring gas back down to $2/gallon, you’re delusional. This a problem of global supply and demand, and it’s only going to get worse. We need to ween ourselves off oil, not kick the can down the road.
The high prices are good because they’ll allow the market to figure out something more efficient much faster than any government program will. In fact, I’m glad there’s so much gridlock in Washington over this, because that will keep them from getting in the way of progress.