Posted on 05/26/2011 9:12:38 AM PDT by greatplains
As you pump 13 gallons into your Honda CR-V -- American's best-selling SUV with 28 mpg on the highway and 21 in town -- it's nearly impossible to view the $50 you're spending with a positive attitude.
With the national average for regular at $3.81, it's easy to label oil executives as pond scum, but try to remain open-minded. Think of the big picture: Though that promised road trip to Disney World has gone up in carbon monoxide, high gas prices may actually have an upside. Not for you and your family personally, maybe, but perhaps for the United States as a whole. What if gas hit $5 a gallon? Here are some benefits (and we're serious about most of them):
-Fewer people would die on the road.
-Demand for high-mileage cars could grow.
-Shorter security lines
-Less Pollution
-Less Congestion
-High prices lead to lower prices.
-More exercise
-End of wars
-Local Business could profit
-It's all about democracy
(Excerpt) Read more at money.msn.com ...
The higher gas prices motivate individuals to prepare for the default.
A better reason to love $5-per-gallon gas. After the default, we’ll have better leadership at every level of business, politics and academia. Maybe it will go to at least $10.
So Bush is in office and prices are up it’s a “crisis” worthy to open each night on all the dead media newscasts.
Obama is in office and the prices up it’s a hidden blessing.
Gotcha!
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