[Just A Girl]

Of course.... here we are a short while after the gas prices drop and now they are jumping back up again. What gives? What is the reasoning for this? I thought Obama was trying to make things easier on us yet here we go again!

I don't know about you, but I can't afford to be dumping money into the pockets of oil makers. This not only effects the gas I put in my car, but also the cost of other transportation, and the cost of just about EVERYTHING because someone somewhere that is somehow connected in the long chain of the economy is also paying the higher price.

I am doing less traveling because of the high fuel prices. I love to travel and used to do it all the time. Now I can't afford plane tickets, bus tickets, train tickets, or even to take a cruise ship! It's all so expensive now.

I don't know what to think. On one hand, increasing prices of products could help put money in the pockets of businesses. But on the other hand, it makes people want to spend less of that money. So how do you balance it out? Would it be better to reduce prices enough that people will want to spend more and thus make up for the cut backs the businesses took with those low prices? In a way, I think that would be the better alternative because you are also boosting the moral of society. People are down in the dumps right now with this struggling economy. If people felt more secure and able to enjoy their money a little more, they would spend more. Right? I know I would.