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Can America Survive $5-a-gallon at the Pump?

Posted on 04/30/2008 7:19:14 PM PDT by Charles Bronson Forever

Absolutely, but very tough times are ahead. Really, how the hell are we gonna get out of this mess unless we drill and refine at home? When is Washington going to do something? Easy. When WE do something about it.


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To: Charles Bronson Forever

I don’t see how we can survive gasoline and home heating oil that goes above $5.00 a gallon.

I just paid $100.00 to fuel my truck and to fuel my gasoline powered lawn care equipment.

The economy is going to take a tremendous hit and its not going to be long in coming.


21 posted on 04/30/2008 7:47:58 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Like what?

What occupation is growing in America?

WHICH ONE?


22 posted on 04/30/2008 7:48:42 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (FLEX FUEL NOW! - send your fuel dollars to Kansas, not to Hugo Chavez)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

Yes we can survive. But at $5 I might have to park the 10.5 mpg around town vehicle I drive now and get something more efficient.


23 posted on 04/30/2008 7:50:32 PM PDT by festus (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Elitist.


24 posted on 04/30/2008 7:50:39 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Sunnyflorida
That's a great plan. You should run for office on that platform. "Gas is cheap! Get a better job, whiners!"

lol
25 posted on 04/30/2008 7:51:41 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: motor_racer

Yes, because we can choose to change habits and priorities and adjust personal budgets, or make more money and deal with it that way.

You are right that ever-increasing taxes are the thing we can’t survive. The Imperial government needs to be shrunk back to its constitutional limits. Government can’t be the safety net and uncle sugar for us and the illegals and the world. It ain’t working.


26 posted on 04/30/2008 7:55:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

“Like what?”

I don’t know pick one.


27 posted on 04/30/2008 7:55:31 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Sunnyflorida

I have one.

Unfortunately for me, it will eventually be outsourced.

So I ask again.

Which occupation is growing in America?

Go ahead. Name one!


28 posted on 04/30/2008 7:56:57 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (FLEX FUEL NOW! - send your fuel dollars to Kansas, not to Hugo Chavez)
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To: txflake

“Elitist.”

LOL. I’m really sick of people complaining they cannot make it in this Country. Sure we got issues but if you cannot make it here you can’t make it anywhere. This is a great Country and the land of opportunity. We got millionaires by the millions.


29 posted on 04/30/2008 7:57:55 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: mysterio

I’m really sick of people complaining they cannot make it in this Country. Sure we got issues but if you cannot make it here you can’t make it anywhere. This is a great Country and the land of opportunity. We got millionaires by the millions.


30 posted on 04/30/2008 7:58:28 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Wow. Talk about insulated.


31 posted on 04/30/2008 7:58:59 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (FLEX FUEL NOW! - send your fuel dollars to Kansas, not to Hugo Chavez)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I’m really sick of people complaining they cannot make it in this Country. Sure we got issues but if you cannot make it here you can’t make it anywhere. This is a great Country and the land of opportunity. We got millionaires by the millions.


32 posted on 04/30/2008 7:59:30 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I’m really sick of people complaining they cannot make it in this Country. Sure we got issues but if you cannot make it here you can’t make it anywhere. This is a great Country and the land of opportunity. We got millionaires by the millions.


33 posted on 04/30/2008 8:01:13 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

Sure, we can survive $5.00 a gallon gas. There was a time when gasoline was rationed. The question is whether we can survive the nostrums of the Democrats, who will only make the price of gasoline higher and its supply scarcer.


34 posted on 04/30/2008 8:01:28 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Please pass the arugula.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Healthcare is one. I’m hiring every Nurse, Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist, MRI Tech, CT Tech, Cath Lab Tech, etc. that I can lay my hands on. Pay rates range as high as $45/hr for some of these jobs in and around Knoxville, TN . . . . much higher elsewhere.


35 posted on 04/30/2008 8:01:46 PM PDT by Jim Hill
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To: Sunnyflorida

Blah blah blah.


36 posted on 04/30/2008 8:01:46 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (FLEX FUEL NOW! - send your fuel dollars to Kansas, not to Hugo Chavez)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Blah blah blah.


37 posted on 04/30/2008 8:02:30 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (FLEX FUEL NOW! - send your fuel dollars to Kansas, not to Hugo Chavez)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

“Wow. Talk about insulated.”

You are insulated and have low expectations.

There are plenty of people making boatloads of money in this Country. Why not stop bitching and join them.


38 posted on 04/30/2008 8:02:55 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Sunnyflorida

“I’m really sick of people complaining they cannot make it in this Country.”

They probably can’t make it anywhere else, either. So the government has to pay to guarantee their survival.


39 posted on 04/30/2008 8:03:50 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Please pass the arugula.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Man, look at your tagline, You support government welfare.


40 posted on 04/30/2008 8:03:58 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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