10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas....

[knny187]

with the rise of gas & everything else related (food, clothes, etc..) & the economy going down....crime is on the rise.

It's a fact.

Not seeing a lot of profit coming from this except for the fat cats with their hands deep in others pockets.

[knny187]

oh, we'll definitely recover.  I think it'll ba a  year-long slup though, as we are forced as a society to start working a tad harder.  In the next year, the dollar will drop then recover.  Unnecessary industries - like construciton on houses nobody needed, or tourism, or many of the mortgage, etc, will take a backseat for a bit.  The ripples will sting, but it's all cyclical. We're paying off Bush's wars right now.

Well...in all seriousness...the economy has been in a decline for the last two years...especially here in California.

The shit I think were feeling now is ONLY going to get worse before it gets better & the better will be equivalent to what the economy was feeling LAST year.

I don't think our economy will ever see the climb it once saw 4-5 years ago & alot of it has to do with our worthless US dollar being spent on money we don't have in the war in Iraq.

[LittleJ]

i think i should buy a scooter

[danielson]

It'll balance out by shrinking the middle class.  People will now have less spending power, so they'll spend less.

You're a 44-year old single guy with no kids.  You probably have a good portfolio, probably a few hundred thou in the bank.  That rocks.

however, your $800k will be worth $400k in about a year, dollar depreciation.
Your grocery bill will go from $300 a month to $500 a month.
You will have fewer chiropractic clients because it is an elective thing for many - they'll stop their weekly back cracks before they stop paying rent and food bills.
Your neighborhood will get worse, as the foreclosed homes in your city are rented to poor idiots with bad credit who fix their cars in their driveway and sell weed as a second income.

You start a lot of "Look at me, I'm a jingoist!" threads, but the reality is that no matter how self-reliant you are, prices are going to go up, and there are going to be a lot more poor people around you.  This makes your being robbed at banks more and more likely to occur.

Every one of us here would rob a stranger to feed our kids, right?  If there was no work, no chance to earn it legally, we'd all steal a loaf of bread or grab some guy's wad and he leaves a bank.  Sadly, as the middle class shrinks and people no longer can afford what they're used to, many will resort to crime.

Your celebrating the fact that many are getting poor shows you truly don't understand how these poor people will affect you.  You will.

Good post, this isn't just affecting the poor.

[ManBearPig...]

you whining liberal pussies.

the gas prices have nothing to do with "supply and demand".  it's nothing but a markup on commodities trading that's artificially inflated due to heavy money inflow there because of shitty stock performance of the last couple years.

the second big cap companies reported profits (like this week) oil drops due to massive sell offs and return of cash to the stock market.

as alex23 (i think) mentioned, oil will drop, i believe to under 100 a barrell by the end of the year.  let's hope i'm right.

i don't know about this "mad max" type shit that everyone's talking about. in the US , there's a demand for 250,000 new houses a year (in addition to housing).  it's believed that there are 750,000 new & existing homes in excess of demand right now, meaning if no one built any houses for 3 years, we'd be back to "normal" within the housing economy.

thanks to rampant horrible lending tactics and greed, banks have lent money to almost everyone on the street who wanted a mortgage, once again causing a run up in prices that was artificial (much like oil right now).  that bubble popped, banks got destroyed, and people got kicked out of the homes they couldn't afford in the first place.

besides, look at the worldly markets.  european & asian markets are getting killed even worse, because at the end of the day, US still dictates the world.  when us falls, the world falls harder.

this "crisis" is nothing but a cleanup tool , whether it's for inefficient cars we don't need, or black women with 9 kids buying mansions when they're on welfare.  it'll all sort itself out in the end.

this isn't the first time it happened.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States

[YoungBlood]

It all balances out

It will make people work harder, be more productive and innovative, things liberal/socialist systems do not encourage

I can't wait to see you in my workplace. Where people constantly come up to me and ask "Why has the price of your product gone up a dollar over the last year? And now I notice that the size has gone from 1.75q, to a 1.5q but the price remains the same. So now you've raise the price AND cut the amount of product we're getting! WHY!?!?!?!"
This question I have to answer AT LEAST 7-8 times a day. People of all ages, stature and income ask me this. Guys in fancy thousand dollar suits; they didn't get rich by spending every penny they have you know! Kids, old farts that makes Wes & Moosejay seem like they're 15 years old.
Everyone needs to eat. But the price of dairy is going up and seems to continue to raise with almost every passing day. Gas is a a major factor here too. Probably the biggest. How does the product get from the factory, to the depots, then finally the store? How do the employees get to the stores, company cars or not? They need GAS.
Gas prices are through the roof. Took me $873 to fill up my truck with diesel awhile back. Now we have 20+ trucks running around our area that fill up with that price tag every week or so.
Gets pretty ridiculous really fast.
But people have to eat, right?
How do you think it will all balance out? This is a Jerry Seinfeld episode where every time he loses some money, he finds another equal amount in the jacket he's wearing that night to balance out the prior loss.

[Mydavid]

11. Dumb fucks everywhere crying because their ridiculously inefficient car, truck or SUV is costing them 100+ per week....

Funny i just "tried" to fill our Tahoe and the pump actually stopped at $100 (it wasn't even full yet )

[YoungBlood]

Funny i just "tried" to fill our Tahoe and the pump actually stopped at $100 (it wasn't even full yet )

Mine stops at $75. Unless I fill up at a half a tank, I don't see a full tank. And it STILL costs $75.

[gordiano]

The reallllly great part about higher fuel costs is how much food, services, and most other thigns we buy increase as a result.

$5 milk, you ROCK!

Yep. Bag of Apples I used to buy for $7, is now $10. AWESOME!

[Tapeworm]

News here said the US is headed for the worst "recession" since the 30s.  No way I'm moving back to the US in the immediate future... unless of course Australia goes to shit as well. 

[Crossbow]

$4 Gas is about what most Europeans paid for gas 10 years ago, so no big deal. Just get better cars and buy more fresh local food instead of processed junk that has been shipped around the world.

[240 is Back]

this isn't the first time it happened.

I'd love to see 2008 on that image

[Luv2Hurt]

It'll balance out by shrinking the middle class.  People will now have less spending power, so they'll spend less.

You're a 44-year old single guy with no kids.  You probably have a good portfolio, probably a few hundred thou in the bank.  That rocks.

however, your $800k will be worth $400k in about a year, dollar depreciation.
Your grocery bill will go from $300 a month to $500 a month.
You will have fewer chiropractic clients because it is an elective thing for many - they'll stop their weekly back cracks before they stop paying rent and food bills.
Your neighborhood will get worse, as the foreclosed homes in your city are rented to poor idiots with bad credit who fix their cars in their driveway and sell weed as a second income.

You start a lot of "Look at me, I'm a jingoist!" threads, but the reality is that no matter how self-reliant you are, prices are going to go up, and there are going to be a lot more poor people around you.  This makes your being robbed at banks more and more likely to occur.

Every one of us here would rob a stranger to feed our kids, right?  If there was no work, no chance to earn it legally, we'd all steal a loaf of bread or grab some guy's wad and he leaves a bank.  Sadly, as the middle class shrinks and people no longer can afford what they're used to, many will resort to crime.

Your celebrating the fact that many are getting poor shows you truly don't understand how these poor people will affect you.  You will.

Very true 240, its so funny people dont see this.  They think they will not be affected but sooner or later everyone will be affected.  Why celebrate that Ford is having to close 3 plants?  Just more people now who will be straining the system, eventually it will colapse.

[240 is Back]

Very true 240, its so funny people dont see this.  They think they will not be affected but sooner or later everyone will be affected.  Why celebrate that Ford is having to close 3 plants?  Just more people now who will be straining the system, eventually it will colapse.

I see it as more of an adjustment, than a collapse.  The US economy WILL NOT collapse.  We have too many missile in too many worldwide backyards, and too many fingers in too many banks.  We've just weakened the buck by borrowing $5 trillion from world banks in the last 7 years.

[knny187]

$4 Gas is about what most Europeans paid for gas 10 years ago, so no big deal. Just get better cars and buy more fresh local food instead of processed junk that has been shipped around the world.

true...but the public transportation systems are better equipped there in Europe compared to places like California.

The average person in california commute 30,000-40,000 miles per YEAR

[Moosejay]

you whining liberal pussies.

the gas prices have nothing to do with "supply and demand".  it's nothing but a markup on commodities trading that's artificially inflated due to heavy money inflow there because of shitty stock performance of the last couple years.

the second big cap companies reported profits (like this week) oil drops due to massive sell offs and return of cash to the stock market.

as alex23 (i think) mentioned, oil will drop, i believe to under 100 a barrell by the end of the year.  let's hope i'm right.

I believe a barrel of oil will be about 50-60$ after election

i don't know about this "mad max" type shit that everyone's talking about. in the US , there's a demand for 250,000 new houses a year (in addition to housing).  it's believed that there are 750,000 new & existing homes in excess of demand right now, meaning if no one built any houses for 3 years, we'd be back to "normal" within the housing economy.

thanks to rampant horrible lending tactics and greed, banks have lent money to almost everyone on the street who wanted a mortgage, once again causing a run up in prices that was artificial (much like oil right now).  that bubble popped, banks got destroyed, and people got kicked out of the homes they couldn't afford in the first place.

besides, look at the worldly markets.  european & asian markets are getting killed even worse, because at the end of the day, US still dictates the world.  when us falls, the world falls harder.

Absolutely


this "crisis" is nothing but a cleanup tool , whether it's for inefficient cars we don't need, or black women with 9 kids buying mansions when they're on welfare.  it'll all sort itself out in the end.

Yes.


this isn't the first time it happened.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States

[Moosejay]

I can't wait to see you in my workplace. Where people constantly come up to me and ask "Why has the price of your product gone up a dollar over the last year? And now I notice that the size has gone from 1.75q, to a 1.5q but the price remains the same. So now you've raise the price AND cut the amount of product we're getting! WHY!?!?!?!"
This question I have to answer AT LEAST 7-8 times a day. People of all ages, stature and income ask me this. Guys in fancy thousand dollar suits; they didn't get rich by spending every penny they have you know! Kids, old farts that makes Wes & Moosejay seem like they're 15 years old.

I don't get it....?

Everyone needs to eat. But the price of dairy is going up and seems to continue to raise with almost every passing day. Gas is a a major factor here too. Probably the biggest. How does the product get from the factory, to the depots, then finally the store? How do the employees get to the stores, company cars or not? They need GAS.
Gas prices are through the roof. Took me $873 to fill up my truck with diesel awhile back. Now we have 20+ trucks running around our area that fill up with that price tag every week or so.
Gets pretty ridiculous really fast.
But people have to eat, right?
How do you think it will all balance out? This is a Jerry Seinfeld episode where every time he loses some money, he finds another equal amount in the jacket he's wearing that night to balance out the prior loss.

[The Coach]

Cheaper than europe, quit bitching and make more money. I realize the libs hate capitolism....but fuck em anyways!

[Moosejay]

Cheaper than europe, quit bitching and make more money. I realize the libs hate capitolism....but fuck em anyways!

Livs are sour and miserable and detest anyone who has success.

We raise the bar, make them look bad, and then they have to work harder (But they don't...they wine.)

WE build the country...they occupy it, wallowing with pap such as "Woe is me, why are things so bad"

[The Coach]

....And if you make money, they feel entitled to tax the f**k out of you and take it away!

[Moosejay]

....And if you make money, they feel entitled to tax the f**k out of you and take it away!

Gotta be cunning......don't wanta feed the 'entitled'.....everyone should man up for themselves

Fuck the handouts.

I pay over 50k overhead per month for two businesses...sole proprietor...and make it each month....the slackers can learn from this.

Use my model.

[240 is Back]

Fuck the handouts.

Should we stop all societal handouts?  All welfare, all health coverage for the poor?

[The Coach]

What health coverage for the poor? You mean the county hospitals?

[whateva]

Gotta be cunning......don't wanta feed the 'entitled'.....everyone should man up for themselves

Fuck the handouts.

I pay over 50k overhead per month for two businesses...sole proprietor...and make it each month....the slackers can learn from this.

Use my model.

I agree ,  all of us , 300 millions  Americans should go to college and become doctors ,lawyers , CEOs.....etc.and make lots of money .
Who needs ,construccion workers,teachers ,garbageman ,cops ,waitress,....etc.  

[240 is Back]

What health coverage for the poor? You mean the county hospitals?

Nah, like the free medical that a lot of poor people get.  medicade, I think?