Stop the Fuel Price Increase Madness NOW

Along with groceries, utilities, and healthcare, fuel affects every single person in this country. You don't have to drive a vehicle, ride public transportation, or fly in a jet plane to have these outrageous increases in fuel prices affect you personally. And woe to the people who do drive, use public transportation, or have the need to fly.

The cost of goods--all goods--is going to increase right along with the price of fuel. It costs a lot more money to get product from one place to the next, and we all know to whom those extra costs will be passed.

I can't imagine anyone of any income level not being affected by the rising fuel prices, but I am truly wondering how families with minimum wage incomes manage to put gas in the tank to get to and from work, let alone to the grocery or doctor's office.

We have to make our voices heard soon and in a united way. Our elected officials are not talking enough about this fuel price crisis and doing even less. Our presidential hopefuls need to know how serious this concern is to all of us. Write letters to the editor, call, write or email elected officials and candidates' offices and campaigns. Let's not just talk amongst ourselves--let's make our voices heard in all the places that count--including the voting booth.

See also: http://llwoodard.blogspot.com/2008/02/gas-gasmy-kingdom-for-reasonable-fuel.html

Additional reading: http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/BUSINESS/803090364/1014 How fuel prices are affecting trucking's Owner/Operators

Gas, Gas...My Kingdom for Reasonable Fuel Prices

Exxon recently announced its history-making multi-billion dollar profit from 2007, which exceeded its multi-billion dollar profit from 2006.

I am not against making a profit, but I am against such wild profit margins--historical!--in the face of fuel prices that make the average person to make life choices.

Seem like an exaggeration? Consider the minimum wage earners who have to fuel up to go to and from work, let alone the many errands a household may require. Believe me, there are plenty of people who are scrimping where they can--usually in the areas of groceries and health care--so they can afford to drive to work.

Think prices of goods and services outside the fuel industry are already high? Wait until these high diesel fuel costs catch up with the trucking industry, the industry which moves the majority of product in America. As their costs rise, so does the price of their service. As it costs companies more to get their products from place to place, those companies raise prices as well. We cannot sit comfortably back and think these inflated fuel prices only affect "the other guy," because we are all that other guy to one extent or another.

I don't understand why our politicians are not addressing the fuel price issue in any shape or form, other than the power of the oil industry wields due to its combined wealth.