world’s smallest violin
Here’s an article in the CSM today about state legislatures who are starting to think about interfering with the gasoline market. From the story:
Maureen Hornung’s plea to her legislator about spiraling gasoline prices was to the point: “Isn’t there something that can be done? Please?” asked the Marine Corps veteran from Jackson, Wis.
Hornung is faced with either buying gas for her car so she can get to work or buying groceries. “There are many times that I literally put together some meals that I would not feed anyone else, but it’s something,” she said in a letter to Wisconsin state Rep. Patricia Strachota. She recounts how she can barely afford to visit her ailing father, who is in his 90s, or attend a celebration for her sister’s 45th wedding anniversary.
Unfortunately, the article doesn’t mention what kind of car Maureen drives. I’m sorry, but I’m rooting for higher gas prices. The only way you’ll effect change amongst the unwashed masses is to hit them in the only place it counts — their wallets. Maybe once gas hits $5 a gallon, we’ll stop seeing single occupancy giant pickup trucks and SUVs tooling around town. Maybe we’ll start seeing viable public transportation initiatives, or more bicyclists. Maybe we won’t need to maintain a strategic interest in the Middle East, and can let that area of the world fester and rot as seems to be their desire anyhow.
“If we see $100 a barrel, Congress will reappraise everything it’s doing, and very likely you will see it reevaluating its opposition to CAFE [gas mileage] standards,” says Rep. Christopher Shays (R) of Connecticut.
Here’s to the $hundred-barrel.
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I also have this violin for people who choose to live *below sea level* in a hurricane prone area. Morans.
Nice take. I tend to agree with you.