Anyone NOT Worried About the Upcoming "Crisis"?

[Anjelica]

Countries such as China and India are having huge increases in gas consumption. Those governments subsidize the oil/gas and therefore demand has skyrocketed. Higher demand leads to higher prices.

 

[Kay1]

Originally Posted by snowbunny
Chris Matthews 9/10/2006: "Every time I look at a poll--and I expect McCain to win every one of these polls. The press loves McCain. We're his base."


I think most people basically want the same things, we have different ideas about how to get them. To divide and waste years fighting about who is right accomplishes nothing. Isn't that what Obama is saying? I think McCain said it somewhere along the line too.

Maybe most people want the same things but we people are often at cross purposes with the corporations who exist to make a profit for shareholders. Sometimes that means slashing jobs and seeking near slave labor, either locally or globally. Look, I don't have a dog in this presidential race. The candidate I chose never really had a chance, but I get the feeling you prefer McCain.

I have no strong feelings about him one way or the other but I was very troubled by his assertation that Americans will not work on farms if paid $50 per hour. Here in Florida I can't tell you how many unemployed construction workers would line up to pick vegetables for half that amount.

Anyhow, we've suffered a small blow in our family. Our health insurance premiums just rose by $48 per month and our car insurance rose by $130 when we added our teenage son. Yikes!