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Regina · 04-09-2008, 07:36 AM

I remember it was a big deal to go to the gas station with my dad when I was younger, and he would complain about 70 some cents a gallon. : ) I am not that old....33 years old, and the prices have went up past 3.00 a gallon in 20 or so years.

I was talking to my husband about this last night, and in my opinion, as long as people will pay it, the prices will stay there. The government has alternatives to getting this foreign oil, but they don't have the so-called need or even outcry from us to force them into exploring other options that would bring prices down and not have us reliant on foreign countries.

It's like agriculture, my husband's family had a farm growing up....not a working farm, just land for their horses and such. The government wanted to pay them for how many sheep they wouldn't raise on the farm. Well, they weren't planning on raising sheep, so they told the government that. The government said something like, "Yes, but if you were to raise sheep, how many would you raise? We need to pay you accordingly." This went back and forth and back and forth, with my husband's family repeatedly telling them they weren't raising sheep. Just doesn't make sense to me, wasteful spending...

Okay, back to the topic.....

04-09-2008, 07:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
Regina Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern state Posts: 1,008 Recipes: Thanks: 7 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: We're almost there... I remember it was a big deal to go to the gas station with my dad when I was younger, and he would complain about 70 some cents a gallon. : ) I am not that old....33 years old, and the prices have went up past 3.00 a gallon in 20 or so years. I was talking to my husband about this last night, and in my opinion, as long as people will pay it, the prices will stay there. The government has alternatives to getting this foreign oil, but they don't have the so-called need or even outcry from us to force them into exploring other options that would bring prices down and not have us reliant on foreign countries. It's like agriculture, my husband's family had a farm growing up....not a working farm, just land for their horses and such. The government wanted to pay them for how many sheep they wouldn't raise on the farm. Well, they weren't planning on raising sheep, so they told the government that. The government said something like, "Yes, but if you were to raise sheep, how many would you raise? We need to pay you accordingly." This went back and forth and back and forth, with my husband's family repeatedly telling them they weren't raising sheep. Just doesn't make sense to me, wasteful spending... Okay, back to the topic.....