[Shadowstrike]

you cannot compare gas / oil to houses. You don’t “need” to own a house, you can always rent, but if you own a car or truck to get to or do your job you need gas /oil

When The Pretender took office gas was $1.87, and had nothing to do with the gigantic problems HE caused.

We don’t need anymore fossil fuel hating trolls on FR.

[Lorianne]

What I’m comparing is individuals benefitting (temporarily) by either asset values rising or prices falling vs. the bigger picture ... whether we are going to have another large shock to the economy from overextended larger players

[familyop]

"...but if you own a car or truck to get to or do your job you need gas /oil"

More Than 101 Million Working Age Americans Do Not Have A Job
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3005481/posts

That's okay, though, because, like man, you know,...

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

...'cause you see, the economy works like a perpetual motion debt machine, man. Debt/revenues in, debt out. But debt is like, money, man. Groovy, huh?

;-)