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ya, but other crap is going up even faster. Thats what I don't get. Peanut butter or tuna doubling in price is way more of a problem for working people
Sorry, but Tuna may have doubled.....but what do you use more of, gas or tuna?
What takes more out of you pocket?
And honestly, I don't think I have ever paid more than a 1$ for a can of tuna several years ago....and as of Saturday 31 March 2012, I still do not pay more than $1 a can......
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I use 15 gallons of gas a week. Gas was 4 bucks a few weeks ago. It's 4:19 today.
My weekly gas bill has EXPLODED. Dude that's like almost 3 bucks a week more for gas.
I could've bought almost 3 cans of tuna with that. Thanks a lot, Obama and Dems.
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I read something about the Republicans hanging the gas prices on Obama would come back and bite them when they seasonally drop. He can claim the magic power of making them lower. "I Listened to you America."
But why do people whine so much? In USA, gas is relatively low to rest of world. It just gets annoying to hear relatively well off people whining about gas all the time. Other stuff has gone up too. I mean, sell your car and ride transit if its that bad!
Not many other countries are as large and spread out as we are, therefore don't rely as much on autos as much. Mass transit only works in a small number of highly concentrated areas. Millions of us are not near any form of mass transit and never will be.
ya, but other crap is going up even faster. Thats what I don't get. Peanut butter or tuna doubling in price is way more of a problem for working people
Increased gas prices is part of the reason tuna and peanut butter prices are going up. Everything that has to be transported is likely to increase in price due to gas price increases.
Not many other countries are as large and spread out as we are, therefore don't rely as much on autos as much. Mass transit only works in a small number of highly concentrated areas. Millions of us are not near any form of mass transit and never will be.
Now first of all, as far as the politics of it, even though no President can really effect gas prices in short term, I think Obama should have approved pipelines and the Democrats like to demagogue the evil "big oil" issue. But why do people whine so much? In USA, gas is relatively low to rest of world. It just gets annoying to hear relatively well off people whining about gas all the time. Other stuff has gone up too. I mean, sell your car and ride transit if its that bad!
Why should we be like the rest of the world? We have oil here. Much of the rest of the world doesn't have their own, and must import it.
Our problem here is that we (our current government) do not allow development of our own resourses. Otherwise, our gasoline prices would be a lot lower.
The President can do much in this regard. Obama has done everything possible to limit exploration and production here at home.
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