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Old 06-07-2008, 05:21 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fxashun View Post
Wait til gas hits $5 or $6 a gallon. That's gonna kick a LOT more industries in the arse. We are in for some hard times. All of us. Cept the oil companies that is. $90 tanks of gas is insane. After taxes and other deductions, a tank of gas would be almost a days wage for someone earning $15 an hour. And a LOT of people make much less than that.
Environmentalists and others who want higher gas prices on the ludicrous premise that it will force people into not driving (and most of the working poor couldn't buy an electric or hybrid car today anyway due to lack of money).