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Originally Posted by Vman455
What gets me is the sense of entitlement we have regarding cheap fuel.
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What really bothers me is not the sense of entitlement, but what seems to be an absolute inability to do forward planning for any period longer than the next paycheck (if that - see the rise of "payday loan" businesses, AKA loan sharks).
Let's suppose that there really is lots of oil, and it's some great conspiracy by oil companies, evil liberal treehuggers, the Trilateral Commission, or whoever to keep raising prices. Well, so what? The conspiracy isn't going to blush and sheepishly admit "OK, you caught us, we'll roll back the price to 99 cents/gallon tomorrow." Prices are going to go up. Why not recognize that and prepare for it? But no, gotta spend every dime they make, and as much as they can borrow, too.