Crossposted at Just Plain Folk
Oil hits record $72 on Iran Fears
Check out the article above. This is life in a fear-based economy. The Bush gang works the media machine to create the specter of another boogeyman, and you get hit with higher costs again. Looks like it's going to be another record breaking year for oil company profits.
Can you see the connection here? It's pretty obvious.
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Unless you are in that elite number of the wealthiest of wealthies, any token tax cut you might have received was long ago eaten up by higher prices. We're talking about quickly chipping away at your quality of life. And we're not just talking about higher gas prices. Anything that comes to your local store via a fuel-burning vehicle will cost more.
Aren't you tired of the reckless disregard the Bush Republicans have for your family? Isn't it time that government worked for you instead of someone's well-heeled buddy?