If You Are PLanning To Fill The Gas Tank....

[RidgeHunter]

Raising kids, inflation, etc...all the terrible economy crap - I think my dear old Dad is on to something when he says there is no bad economy for most folks. Just look at the parking lots of restaurants, theaters, casinos. Most folks don't even realize their too poor for that crap.

Tulsa State Fair blows my mind. I know poor people that blow enough for a cheap commuter car at the fair.

Stupid high gas prices!

 

[farmerbyron]

He was covered under my work ins. Free

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Well technically it's part of your compensation so not really free.

 

[jfssms]

Alright, Ill edit the post to fit our opposition.

I know a lot of you are economic geniuses, but if you can't see that $1.50/gal gasoline/diesel has a positive effect on the poor, you're blind. Think about a family of 4 struggling to live on $40k/year now having an additional $30/week to buy grocerices/clothes/entertainment, that's huge to that family and there are a lot of these families in Oklahoma.

High energy prices do contribute to inflation, as someone who spends a lot of time dealing with and negotiating freight rates I can tell you that the high cost of diesel has almsot tripled freight rates since 2002.....manufacturers are absorbing that additional freight expense, they are incorporating it in the the cost of goods.

Being in the industry that I'm in, I get a kick out of the oil producers crying about the cost of oil, in late 90's early 00's Oklahoma's oil was $15-$20/bb and when prices broke $25/bb these guys started tripping over their own dicks to get oil out of the ground, and then when it hit $35/bb old timers (70-80 y/o) came out of retirment and suited up to get old wells pumping again. If $35/bb was that great 10-15 years ago, $50-$60/bb should be fantastic for them now. The only trick is trying to get the market to cooperate.....oh wait.....the producers would fawk that up, by slowing production to drive the price up.....

Most on the right just talk a coldhearted game. Few live it like you, Ted.

It is admirable, I'll give you that. I respect anyone who is honest about his stances. 99% of my hatred of the right is their hardline political positions usually fold up like a cheap lawn chair in the right circumstance. Buncha chest beaters.

You gotta go when you can girlfriend.

 

[CHenry]

you do not represent the norm anyways.
. Lol.

Normal sucks


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[Shootin 4 Fun]

We are using methods that cost a lot more than the methods of late 90s early 2000s.

As far as the benefit of low energy costs to the poor. You are missing the point. Sure it is helpful for them... for a brief moment, But in the over all picture it changes nothing for them. And it is likely that that $40k/year job might just go away entirely if things are too dire... specially here in Oklahoma.

ummm....hasn't the absence of $40k/year jobs been the problem every since Obama was elected and during that time weren't energy costs breaking records?

ETA: I accounted for the increased cost in production when I went from the dick tripping $35 to the fantastic $50-$60.

 

[CHenry]

Well technically it's part of your compensation so not really free.

No its not. I get an allowance for ins. Add a child and allowance goes up add a spouse and it goes up more.

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[Shootin 4 Fun]

What the hell is a family making $40k doing with two kids?

What's a kid cost now? Quarter million minimum to age 18?

What if they had no kids and a half million in supercars in the garage? Would you feel for them?

Sounds much more irresponsible than the archtypal high-school dropout rig trash that's been discussed in this thread since page 1.

I wish I could afford a $250,000 baby. Much less two.

No offense, but some youngsters get laid and occassionally this results in pregnancy. 2 kids costing 12 years of income to raise, sounds about right.

 

[RidgeHunter]

No offense, but some youngsters get laid and occassionally this results in pregnancy. 2 kids costing 12 years of income to raise, sounds about right.

No offense? If I could be offended by cracks about not getting laid, I wouldn't have gotten married 3 years ago. Nothing openly advertises you have infrequent sex like a long-term relationship.

You know what's free and 96% effective? Pulling out. Just a helpful tip for the poor folk OSA loves so much. Trickle down the chin economics if you will. Probably too tough to figure out for those folks, though.

My bank wouldn't approve me for a $500k mortgage on $40k a year. And I'd have had 30 years to pay it off! And I bet I'd catch hell here if I did have a half-million dollar house. Discrimination sucks. Childless white young men are almost as victimized as the true martyrs - old white Christian males. Almost.

Idiot redneck boys with their $50k trucks. Enjoy the ride, suckers!

 

[JD8]

What's funny is no one here is calling for set prices. Just trying to explain to the plebes why it's not worth dancing in the streets because oil is tanking (pun).

Dunno why this escapes so many here....

It's like playing chess with pigeons.

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

No offense? If I could be offended by cracks about not getting laid, I wouldn't have gotten married 3 years ago. Nothing openly advertises you have infrequent sex like a long-term relationship.

True story.

You know what's free and 96% effective?

Source?

My bank wouldn't approve me for a $500k mortgage on $40k a year. And I'd have had 30 years to pay it off! And I bet I'd catch hell here if I did have a half-million dollar house.

In 2006 you might have been approved....

Discrimination sucks. Childless white young men are almost as victimized as the true martyrs - old white Christian males. Almost.

Get a job in corporate America and you will find there to be a lot of truth to your sarcasm.

Idiot redneck boys with their $50k trucks. Enjoy the ride, suckers!

What's wrong with driving a $50k truck?