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Populist pandering by politicians promising penalties
A reader's comments in USAToday, June 5:
"As long as we live in a society where people drive their Yukons and Expeditions 3 blocks to the store instead of walking, where roads are jammed with people driving to work while half empty trains and buses pass them by and where leaf and snow blowers have replaced rakes and shovels, I will be keeping fingers crossed for $6/gallon gasoline."
You do just have to sigh when Congress panders for votes over the few gas stations that raise prices beyond their profit margin. Like they never do anything unethical or for a profit (like
William "Cold Cash" Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana).
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The problem with people who make comments like this one in USA Today is they are usually clueless to real life. You know, things like the fact that the vast majority of people do not live within walking distance of their nearest grocery store. The fact that most public transportation takes about 3 hours longer to get you where you want to go if it can get you where you want to go at all (at least that's how it is in SoCal). Of course, there's the other sad fact they don't get either and a kind of hypocritical one at that, these are usually the people who want us to shop at mom-and-pop stores (which I personally favor 'cuz they're so small) but the mom-and-pop stores are the ones that suffer the consequences of $6/gallon gasoline.
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