Reply #7: Okay, I have to say something to this ...

[FirstLight]

people living on plastic...blah, blah, blah

I have heard this over and over, and while I agree that there is and entire "false-class" in this nation, it is really an outrage to have to choose to drive to work or to put food on the table

MY outrage at the gas prices comes form the fact that I worked THREE jobs this month,
and was supposed to make an extra few hundred bucks for my effort
(in addition to being a single mom, this is no small feat to juggle)

and at the end of the month I am lucky to make rent and hope to not run out of money before the 15th of june and the next payday

no gas, no work, no money, no food = endless cycle of despair

so the self righteous crap about people living on plastic is lost on me because I have bigger things to worry about, like feeding my children