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<blockquote data-quote="WildcatB" data-source="post: 196973" data-attributes="member: 10379"><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I do get it. I'm not so sure you do. We live in a free market capitalist economy. I like it that way. If I didn't, I would leave. </span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The reason fuel is so high is because oil companies raise their prices and we keep buying it. Demand is high. Prices go up. We keep buying it because we can afford it. As long as that happens, prices will continue to rise. These are fundamentals of a free-market economy.</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Gas is cheap in Venezuela because they can't afford anything higher and the price is effectively set by the government. They are moving to a socialist/communist society where prices are not driven by market forces. </span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">People who bitch about our free-market economy are free to leave to see if the grass greener somewhere else. Venezuela doesn't have an immigration problem like we do either. I just can't understand why people aren't trying to move there since gas is so cheap…. and everyone is trying to come here, where it's so expensive?</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">People are losing their houses in the US because they bought poorly. Not because of what our government has done. They foolishly got into ARM's so they could buy houses they couldn't afford. But it was their choice to do so. No one forced them into it. Now that their ARM's are adjusting… they lose their houses and blame others. The market will correct itself. That's what's happening now. </span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When 80% of the people on welfare in the US are overweight and we have a whopping 4.8% unemployment rate, I don't buy statements like "in these rough times. These are not rough times. Maybe they are coming but they are not here yet.</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I know a couple with 3000sq.ft. house, no kids, and 3 cars (one brand new, 2 are just 3 years old) who bitch about the "rough" times. Please….tell that to one of the thousands of 6 person families who live in boxes in Caracas. Hey… at least they can get their gas for 5 cents a gallon.</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'm a teacher, have 2 children. Yet I can afford to fill my tank every weekend and go coyote hunting. However, my truck is 12 years old and my house is small. If my truck breaks down, I fix it. I don't go buy another. I live within my means. I also feel lucky to have my job and to have been born in this country… even with gas prices above $3/gallon.</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The only real problem we have in this country is that we have it too good… and most people don't realize it. The media is doing the "chicken little" dance and people are buying into it. </span></span></div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildcatB, post: 196973, member: 10379"] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I do get it. I’m not so sure you do. We live in a free market capitalist economy. I like it that way. If I didn’t, I would leave. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]The reason fuel is so high is because oil companies raise their prices and we keep buying it. Demand is high. Prices go up. We keep buying it because we can afford it. As long as that happens, prices will continue to rise. These are fundamentals of a free-market economy.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Gas is cheap in Venezuela because they can’t afford anything higher and the price is effectively set by the government. They are moving to a socialist/communist society where prices are not driven by market forces. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]People who bitch about our free-market economy are free to leave to see if the grass greener somewhere else. Venezuela doesn’t have an immigration problem like we do either. I just can’t understand why people aren’t trying to move there since gas is so cheap…. and everyone is trying to come here, where it’s so expensive?[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]People are losing their houses in the US because they bought poorly. Not because of what our government has done. They foolishly got into ARM’s so they could buy houses they couldn’t afford. But it was their choice to do so. No one forced them into it. Now that their ARM’s are adjusting… they lose their houses and blame others. The market will correct itself. That’s what’s happening now. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]When 80% of the people on welfare in the US are overweight and we have a whopping 4.8% unemployment rate, I don’t buy statements like “in these rough times. These are not rough times. Maybe they are coming but they are not here yet.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I know a couple with 3000sq.ft. house, no kids, and 3 cars (one brand new, 2 are just 3 years old) who bitch about the “rough” times. Please….tell that to one of the thousands of 6 person families who live in boxes in Caracas. Hey… at least they can get their gas for 5 cents a gallon.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I’m a teacher, have 2 children. Yet I can afford to fill my tank every weekend and go coyote hunting. However, my truck is 12 years old and my house is small. If my truck breaks down, I fix it. I don’t go buy another. I live within my means. I also feel lucky to have my job and to have been born in this country… even with gas prices above $3/gallon.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]The only real problem we have in this country is that we have it too good… and most people don’t realize it. The media is doing the “chicken little” dance and people are buying into it. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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