Gasoline Careen

In response to Is There An End In Sight?

I agree, "A major issue currently facing American citizens is the rising prices of gas." It is an issue that is affecting the quality of life for all Americans that drive and it doesn't seem like the problem is going to go away any time soon. The main point in my colleague’s article is that the government needs step up to the plate, acknowledge their promise, and take action on this national issue and sooner rather than later, and also permanently. No band-aid can cover this bullet wound. The government needs to step in because Americans depend on transportation for many aspects of their livelihood. She makes a clear argument with evidence such as gas price statistics from past years and also with basic knowledge of inflation. If gas prices go up, the price to transport goods including food goes up, and as a result the price of goods go up. So even if we could scrounge enough change out of the sofa for gas to get to HEB, once we were there we couldn’t afford the groceries. Also no one will be able to afford to go on vacation by road or air because it is too expensive. Families will become isolated from each other. As gas prices sore, American contentment will plummet. What a dilemma. This argument has effectively convinced me of the importance of the US government fixing this problem as soon as possible.