Reply #16: There was a time in my life when all I had to eat for a week were

[Vinca]

grapefruits stolen from a neighbor's tree and a partial box of oatmeal. Almost everyone has been through hard times. My post is to demonstrate that - given the weak dollar and cost of energy - it amounts to hardly anything these days. Anyone who cares at all about the greater good - having decent roads and bridges, for example - should be insulted by this idiotic proposal by McCain and Clinton. And that's not scratching the surface. Think about supply and demand and you know, if demand rises, so will gas prices, tax holiday or no tax holiday.