I, too, am better prepared for the rising cost of gasoline this time around. I live in the city and don't have a car!
It's true that some of my costs will still go up, in the form of rising prices on food and goods that have been shipped to Philadelphia, where I live. But not having and using a car provides a rather substantial cushion against the shock of an oil-price spike. I guess this lifestyle isn't for everybody, but—despite the overall higher costs of living in a city than living in Kansas—it's probably better-suited to my pocketbook.
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Hmmm. The cynic in me reads this story and sees an apology for the Obama administration. I should go back to 2008 and see how the NYT treated the gas price surge then, when Bush was in office. Wailing and gnashing of teeth would be my guess.
I was right.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/julia-seymour/2011/03/01/networks-link-bush-skyrocketing-gas-prices-15-times-more-obama
The links if from a right-wing site, but it does cite that the networks connected Bush to the high gas prices during his administration. Today, Obama gets a pass.
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