Jerry Sauk wrote:
> "Shawn Hirn" <srhi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:srhi-EC4493.01310107072008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In article <J5OdnVkWE5eBPezVnZ2dnUVZ_rDinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> "Jerry Sauk" <jerrysauk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> "Dave" <noway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:g4qspt$tea$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>> If you want food, you'll have to pay for it, or
>>>> grow it yourself.
>>>
>>> Why the hell am I not making myself clear to you. I ALREADY
>>> PAID TACO BELL FOR THE FOOD... I'm not ALSO going to pay for the
>>> cost of ****pping it.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hint: nobody is forcing you to buy fast food. If you don't agree
>>>> with the cost of a fast food burger (such as charging extra for
>>>> extra lettuce), don't buy it.
>>>
>>> I DO agree with the cost of fast-food... which is why I eat it.
>>> But they have no right to charge me extra because of high gas
>>> prices.
>>
>> Sure they do. You also have a right to take your business elsewhere.
>
> No they don't. Haven't you heard all over the news about food
> prices going up even in stores? It wouldn't be in the news everday
> if it wasn't illegal.
What *is* illegal, in my opinion, is charging so dang much for the price
of
oil (thank you government agencies) that the cost of everything has
skyrocketed! Trucking companies, trains and airlines have to charge more
to
haul goods in, in order to offset the price of fuel. This essentially
means
*any* store or restaurant has to charge more because they're *paying* more
to get products into their establishment. Even little locally owned
places,
like our local produce stand, Shannon's, is upping their prices because
the
fuel cost that it takes to maintain and harvest the crops has increased.
Am
I willing to pay a little more for gorgeous, locally grown, fresh, SAFE
veggies? Of course! If I don't, Shannon's will go out of business, we as
a
community lose a great thing, and there will be at least 100 more people
in
the area out of work. (Heck, it's still cheaper than the grocery store
and
at least I know where the produce comes from!)
My biggest gripe is that no one can afford to up wages to offset the
increase in fuel, property taxes and insurance. Not only that, but you
would be surprised how much our little town is turning into a ghost town
because businesses just can't afford to stay. Building developers are
pulling out and cutting their losses with half-finished structures after
clearing out acres of land. They're wiping their hands clean of the
project
and letting it go - essentially unemploying yet even *more* people.
During this high time of unemployment, poverty, and building foreclosures
I
think the governments involved should quit lining their pockets and drop
the
oil barrel prices. It's not like there's a shortage of oil in the world
and
hey, the U.S. doesn't need to own the Middle East - we've got so much oil
in
our own dang soil. Build some refineries and put people back to work, for
gosh sakes.
kili <---- on another rant again. :~)
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