Stumble it!

Gas Prices and Food Prices are Hurting
I wanted to touch on the subject of Gas Prices.
When Cindy and I were coming back from the auction the other night, we had to stop to get some gas. I was absolutely appalled by the price. I took a picture – have a look:

I honestly don’t recall ever seeing the prices top $4.00. Yes, that one is for “supreme” quality gas – but did anyone ever suspect that prices would be approaching $4.00 so quickly?
How are people supposed to survive – when prices around us are rising so drastically, and yet our income is staying the same? Something just isn’t right.
I only filled the tank up to half (which cost $35!!!) and left it at that. It made me feel sick to my stomach paying so much for gas when we’re already having such a hard time paying for things like electricity and food.
News stories are reporting how families have to choose between food and gas:
http://www.kvewtv.com/news/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=1&story_id=2187
What kind of country is this?
To make matters even worse, we had to stop to pick up a few basic necessities at the grocery store. We’re out of food at home, so we picked up one of those pre-cooked chickens and some coleslaw for supper. We also got a crusty baguette as a treat to go with it.

Then, before leaving, we went over to the refrigerated section to pick up a gallon of milk. Once again, I was shocked. As though it wasn’t bad enough to see gasoline top $4.00 per gallon, here I was looking down at milk that was also priced over $4.00 per gallon. The prices were $4.25 to be exact – for milk that was previously no more than $2.90 hardly a year or so ago. What’s going on here??

Does it cost that much more to make milk? Did cows suddenly become made of gold? Are they making less milk? Or is it all a symptom of the oil prices?
And if that’s the case, then what is high oil prices a symptom of?
The saga of Jack’s family ( to be continued)