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Originally Posted by FastMover
They (the owners) have no idea what they pay for fuel. Most don't fill up their Hummers or thier bizjets, their 'people' do. Remeber when 'el presidente' didn't know what an ATM was -- much less how to use it. The prevalent attitute for that crowd is 'If I can afford it, it is morally correct." This is the same mentality that turned our justice system into a legal game called "all about money". Its no longer about facts and what can be proven, rather what you can pay for.
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I am sorry, I resent what you say in your blanket statement about people of affluent stature. These "people" you speak about are being paid very well to run what some may consider non-essential jobs. But at the same time people of affluent stature continuously give to charities and do more for a community than middle-class or lower income class citizens...
Yes it may sound to you as just another publicity stunt but at least the stunt has some bite to it. It seems the only thing lower income and some middle-class people can do is picket and complain.
Sorry but generalizing a class of people is not correct. People are allowed to choose what they want to do with their money in this country. If that right is taken away from people we will be no better then other countries we are currently at war with. For a more intellectual discussion, let's not focus on what others might do. What will you do? All of us still use gas to fill our tanks, it will also effect us to.
If prices went up to $10.00 a gallon, your 10 gallon tank will cost $100.00. If you commute is long and you fill up every week that will be about $450.00 a month in gas. Yeah the guy next to you might cost more, but we can't worry about him/her. We need to worry about self. For some of us that is a major impact going from maybe $30.00 a week to $100.00.
We are all part of the problem and solution.
Thank you