View Single Post
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 05-11-2008, 10:32 AM
patriot2342001's Avatar
patriot2342001 patriot2342001 is offline
Political Mastermind
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,848
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisXP View Post
The GOP is losing the seats because they wanted to play out the warfare over the welfare, in an economic down turn.

That's a recipe for disaster.

When Joe Sixpack is paying $80 a week of his $300/week paycheck on gas, it's no longer about worrying about insurgents killing him, it's the gas tank.
Good point. I'm worried that the government will try and "fix" this problem by subsidizing gas prices. That would be a huge disaster, but as we have seen, lowering the gas price through manipulation--eliminating the gas tax--is on the table. Soon, if things continue, the government will probably have to subsidize trucking, or that super important sector of the economy will be in jeopardy
Reply With Quote