Comments on: Record High Gas Prices On The Map

National Average Now $3.577 A Gallon; Oil Prices Rise Sharply On Reported Persian Gulf Incident

[michellem99-2009]

fabrat,They are in school, caretakers that is parents too busy . As they work to have the basics,,kids are doing their thing ,running wild..
Where did we go wrong..We did not..Greed and power is why..The nanny govt..hope your children can swin thru the lies..we were told.

[fabrat1]

That''s true after working so many hours who feels like doing anything else but I doubt that''s the reason we''re taxed so much.
I am fortunate enough to still be a stay at home mom but my teen daughter''s friends aren''t that lucky. Several of her close friends have parents that work till late in the evening. They all come to my house most every weekday after school and they just hang out and do homework and stuff till their parents get off.
I have a friend in Europe and she once told me that they "pay" you to have a kid. I think it''s meant to encourage people to have babies. I guess that''s because of the decline in population over the years.

[ubrew12]

Now, good conservatives will say, if we didn''t overtax working Americans with work, they''d just use their off-hours for procreation. This way, only the survival of the fittest get to procreate.

Only problem with that idea? Again, if it were true, Europe would be up to its neck in babies. Instead, WE are the ones facing overpopulation in this country, with a positive growth rate for decades. And Europe? Population there has been in DECLINE for decades. Turns out Europeans use their abundant free time to smell the roses. And, not coincidentally, educate themselves about the world they live in. Something corporate America DARE not let happen to the American sheep.

[ubrew12]

fabrat1 said: "now we work 2 jobs or even 3 just to make ends meet and everyone wonders why kids are out of controll. "

For many decades, in Europe, the more religious the country (measured by the percent of the population who went to church), the lower the divorce rate.

Then, you come to America, and find a population MORE religious than ANY in Europe, yet with a divorce rate the surpasses them ALL.

What happened? Seems clear to me that the KNOWN statistic that Americans work more hours every week than Europeans plays into our divorce statistics, in a way no amount of religious observance can counter. Likewise affecting our abilities as parents.

[fabrat1]

What''s worse is that we''re not getting a pay raise either. Everything is going up but our wages. So now we work 2 jobs or even 3 just to make ends meet and everyone wonders why kids are out of controll. No not an excuse for out of controll children but if the parents are working so many jobs or hours then who''s raising the kids?

[naucoming4u]

If something is not done soon you will not be able to feed your family, heat your house, pay your electric bill or drive your car. It is government policy not happenstance.

Posted by commanderBil at 07:47 PM : Apr 26, 2008
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Then at that time, perhaps more AMERICANS will be motivated enough to rise up and take back our country... by force!

(and not by Diebold voting booths).

If you want to know the facts on why energy prices keep going up read this article:

http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/04/15/energy-2008-the-coming-economic-meltdown/

If something is not done soon you will not be able to feed your family, heat your house, pay your electric bill or drive your car. It is government policy not happenstance.

[ontheleft]

The only success of the Bush administration was to help push oil prices to a record by promoting a weak dollar, causing higher inflation by recklessly borrowing and finally by invading Iraq.

Record high oil prices = Mission accomplished!

[j-whitman]

BagdadsHere,,, I''''m sure Brazil is nice in some parts, but for you to ignore the poverty & conditions that exists there is sick.

In every major city there are thousands of children begging for food, food is a major problem & now our dollar won''t buy close to half of what it did last year.

[j-whitman]

BagdadsHere,,,,, I''m sure Brazil is nice in some parts, but for you to ignore the poberty & conditions that exists is sick