[centralnewyorki]

Originally Posted by miezzi

$3.00 for 1 gallon of gas is insane and I hope they do come up with a long term solution. Gas was going way up even before "Katrina", so this was a major issue before the storm. And higher gas prices for me means, not shopping a whole lot, no traveling, budgeting more on groceries and cutting way back on fun things. Such as no going out to dinner, no movies, no baseball games, etc...which means we will not be helping the economy. People will make some major cutbacks on things.

Something needs to be done.

I absolutely agree. I think that the government should realize that by charging so much tax to "help" the economy, they're going to hurt it. It may not be a huge or sudden decrease in spending, but it's going to happen. I never heard that the taxes were that high, but I believe it. This whole topic really makes my blood boil. Like someone else mentioned in another thread- the rulers in the countries from which we get this gas are feeling no financial pinch at all. They continue to get more and more rich while we face this financial burden.