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Originally Posted by RCKCRWLER
There's always a choice even if it's the lesser of two evils. If you're putting up with something, obviously, it's for a reason.
A. You don't want to do what it takes to do without
2. You're not ticked off enough
I don't put up with stuff, but then again they've got you over a barrell. Yes, I'm ticked however I have seen too many times, "Oh!, you are going to speak out against me, you own guns, you are a domestic terrorist. No FLY for you! and hand over your guns" Seems to be the only thing one can do is write letters and vote. Even then you still see our rights as Americans being stripped away a little more here, a little more there everyday. More people need to pull their head out of the sand and realize what is going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by BENESSE
FART mobiles rock! Theres always talk about truckers over here shutting down the freeways in protest of rising fuel, but the majority of people in this country are too self absorbed to support such a thing. Besides, the trucking companies pass the increase plus XX% on top of that to cover the rising fuel prices. As such, sheeple just continue to go oooookkkkk, baaaah,baaah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
I have noticed one thing my fuel costs for my POV have stayed the same cause I drive less when gas goes up. Now my company truck and welders well that ones killing me.
Everyone voted for change, change is what they got.
I voted for change oer here too, RWC, and I knew it would hurt quite a bit and I planned for it accordingly. That I can live with, we all knew fuel duty would go up. But when the behaviour of speculators also puts the price up because of instability in the oil producing regions, it's galling. And before anyone says it, I know that's what speculators do, still doesn't make it right though.
Here is a link that will give you current taxes levied on gas and diesel by state. Congratulations California, you are the highest with New York a half cent behind.
http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/
Winnie, Here's the tax for Britain.
http://www.petrolprices.com/fuel-tax.html
Just so everyone is on the same page. The tax in Britain is 58.95 pence. Let's call is 59 shall we? 59 pence = 95 cents. But wait! That 59 pence is per liter. One liter = .26 gallons. So the tax in Britain = $3.80 a gallon for just the tax! (236 pence per gallon, Winnie vs. our 31 pence per gallon give or take depending on state.)
Rick, that bit of info will make exactly 0 difference to people who refuse to look at anything beyond their immediate world and how things ought to be according to their reasoning.
It's the same people who kvetch about the price of gas then drive a gas guzzler or two, because by golly, no one's gonna tell them what to drive. People who can car-pool but don't. People who can ride a bike to most places but don't. People who supposedly prepare for TEOTWAWKI but can't walk a few miles to work or even a grocery store to get 30lbs of groceries in their backpack?
Phuleeze!
Obviously anyone has the right to bellyache about anything, but for God's sake, think it through if you expect to get any sympathy.
This is the reason I haven't sold our horses. Horse prices dropped so low that it just isn't feasible to breed them. Yet a couple of years ago when gas prices skyrocketed people around here were threatening to ride their horses to work, town, etc.... Worse comes to worse I'll still have SOME kind of transportation. So in actuality gas prices don't concern me as much for our personal transportation purposes, as much as it does for the Goods we need/use. If Gas prices skyrocket, so will prices on everything else too. EVERYTHING is shipped with gas as a concern on cost. Raw materials and finished products as well. It takes fuel to till the land so we can have vegetables. It takes fuel to cut and bale hay to feed cattle. No, I am less concerned with fuel for transportation than I am with the cost of fuel being reflected in everything else.
Like this is the first time gas prices have ever gone up ,,,,, jeezQuote:
Originally Posted by rwc1969
Poco, no doubt there's more to the story than personal transportation. And we're all gonna feel it, even those of us without cars. But it's like that everywhere, not that that's gonna help. Thing is, we can save some money by curbing our personal habits so that other related expenses won't hurt so much. Short of some drastic measures, that's about all we can do.
I wholeheartedly agree Mrs. B. That is one reason I don't complain Too Much about the horses. Sure they are an extra cost (not too much though) that could save some money IF we got rid of them. BUT they are our "Back-up plan". I would also like to get one of those "Industrial Tricycles" that have the basket set between the rear wheels, Maybe Modify it some with some extra gears.
I LOVE my grocery store about now. Big sale going on...and with each big purchase I get cash off per gallon of gas. I'm up to 1.00 of per gallon right now...but after this weekend, I may be 1.50- 2.00 off. TOTALLY helps keep cost down a bit. ;)
Call around to your grocery stores and see if they do this in your area. Weis is doing it out here. ;)
Dang, I wonder how they can do that ,, that could mean over 100.00 off if you fill a motorhome for example.. WOWQuote:
Originally Posted by Trabitha
If this is directed to me, I'm not looking for any sympathy...Just putting in my .02 that I think the speculators for fuel prices are rediculous and we as Americans are being stripped of our constitutional rights. Along with the fact that the people on "the hill" don't really listen to us. They have their own agendas and make a career out of politics. What happened to becoming a politician for a couple of years, 6 at the most, and then returning to work? Back to the subject matter at hand, I am aware that revenues need to be generated to continue funding road maintenance, free healthcare for illegals, and to pay for other necessary state entities. My wife and I bought a Prius, 49.7 mpg last tank. :) We drive 104 miles a day to work, we car pool together 4 out of 5 days. My other vehicle is a Dodge diesel 3500 dually that gets 22 mpg on winter fuel blend. Can't complain about that! Don't own a bicycle, and my rockcrawler is a toy/ get deeper into the hill BOV. The closest town, only has a convenient store/gas station and is 25 miles away, 12 miles hoofing it through the desert as the crow flies. Needless to say I won't be walking there when the time comes. I will be walking the other way to to harvest a mule deer or elk and will be carrying more than thirty pounds on my back of fresh kill. I love living where I live! Oh ya, as Poco pointed out, we have horses too. Well, wild mustangs. As long as BLM doesn't round them all up, because they know what's best for the horses, we will have those available as well. Take some time to break one, but if the fit hits the shan than it's always an option.Quote:
Originally Posted by BENESSE
Rick thanks for the link.
Trabitha that is awesome. We had a grocery store here that did that as well but people were taking other peoples receipts, punching their shopping card number in at the pump and using their discounts. In other words keep your receipts close at hand! We have a gas station that if you put in a players card from a casino it gives you five cents off a gallon.
Poco I agree with you it takes fuel to do everything, and in the end we are going to be paying for it.
The whole point of my posts were not to belly ache but hopefully come up with some kind of consensus on what can be done to stop the gouging and lack of representation. Hmm...taxation without representation, my how history repeats itself.
Here it is the Buehlers buy-low/ IGA stores.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trabitha
Kroger does it as well.
rckcrwler - I write my Senators and Representative often. Probably enough that they know me by name. Or at least the office staff does. I try to be polite when I write and I either ask them to vote in a particular manner on an amendment or identify a problem and offer one or more solutions. So, in short, I don't just ***** at them but try to provide some intelligent input.
Some of the responses are canned to be sure but some are clearly addressed specifically at me because my subject was something that a canned response couldn't handle. My point to this is we have to take it upon ourselves to make certain our elected officials are representing us. We have to hold them to task when they fail, too. I'm pleased that all three of mine use a goodly portion of common sense and have voted in a responsible manner on most bills. I wish everyone were so lucky but maybe it's because that in Indiana folks are involved. (shrug).
Yup, I write to my MP as well Rick. How else are our elected politicians to know what their constituents are concerned about? They, after all represent us but if we don't communicate with them, then we deserve to suffer what they think we want.
Yup, I'm always writing too. (Yesterday as a matter of fact.) Rick you are correct about the contents of the letter. One has to state their objective, be professional as well as some type of solution. Cussing at them or using foul language only gets your letter thrown out. I've even lucked out and got a few phone calls answered. Congrats on getting more than a "form" letter in return. I generally get the form letter. Anyways, all we can do is keep writing and voting them out of office when they no longer work for us.
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