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There is not much in this article that is new to any of us, but I'm glad to see a mainstream zine put this in print.

Newsweek Story (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13773313/site/newsweek/)

Yesterday the news highlighted the financial strain of gas prices on families.

They followed and interviewed a family of five driving the new leather 2006 Yukon they bought earlier this year.

"My husband wakes up every morning, lays in bed for a long time worrying about gas money. Everything is about gas money, day in day out every day" she said.
"Our fuel costs are several hundred dollars a week- between commuting to work, taking the kids to soccer, school, and all of our other activities"

"The government should do something about this because normal families like ourselves are going broke. We spend more every month in gasoline than food"

"For a family our size a smaller vehicle isn't an option"
(Camera pans to show her pumping fuel, then the pump at $60, $70, $80 + $)

Theme of the interview is this typical, powerelss, poor pitiful family under siege by high fuel prices

Whoa I'm telling you I was fit to be tied. I was one of those foam bricks into the television moments. It threw me into a rant for quite a while. Red faced and beside myself. :mad: :mad:

Why don't these people do something themselves about their own predicament?

How did our grandparents and great grandparents cope with gas rationing during World War II?

I have a lot of sympathy for folks who are scraping by as it is, and then have to pay for the sudden up-swing in gas prices on top of it. But a family that just bought a brand new Yukon this year and now is starting to have trouble...no sympathy at all. Plan ahead when possible, adapt when necessary. Fail to do either and suffer.