A Good Year for the Outlaw

I couldn’t believe it. Ever since gas went completely out of hand (along with the profits for the oil companies), I’ve tried to fill up when the tank got to half-full, so it didn’t seem to be as bad in my mind.

So we filled up Diane’s work car this weekend. She was on “E” for “End of Ride”. The car took $48 to fill up. $48! Just one year ago it would have been $25! Just four years ago, after 9/11, that same fillup would have cost $16.

I see the conservatives and free market supporters trying to trot out numbers about how “adjusted for inflation, it’s still lower…blah blah blah”. Well, adjusted for inflation, has anybody reading this have your paycheck tripled since 2002? I didn’t think so.