You’re driving along… $3.95, $3.97, $4.03, etc. Gas prices are skyrocketing and when I watch my mom fill up the tank, it costs close to 60 bucks for one trip to the gas station. I don’t know about you, but that is a lot of money for gas, which is an everyday necessity in the world we live in today. So, John McCain and Hillary Clinton have supported the idea that the gas prices should be cut during the summer months when everyone is buzzing to and fro. But Clinton added that she would tax windfall profits of oil companies so that the gas tax money would not be lost completely. Obama didn’t agree with it and said it was a short term solution. He opted for alternative energy sources and a cutback on oil consumption (like we’re eating it, but at the rate we’re using it, we might as well be having it three meals a day).
Here’s what I think… I might not be the one to pay for the gas, but I definitely hear about it, from parents and teachers, and friends. It seems like a mini break in the summer would be worse that continuing to pay for the gas throughout that time. Most people take time off during the summer, which adds up to less money during that time as well. Add that to not paying for gas, once you return to that harsh reality, it seems like it would be a lot harder to pay for gas. This is because the money you once used for gas, you are spending on other things and therefore once you go back to paying for the gas, it draws from other expenses. So all in all, it doesn’t seem like a very balanced idea. I’d rather keep paying, but that’s coming from someone who doesn’t pay. Another point that Barack Obama mentioned was that in order to change, we have to change Washington. Washington is the core, the heart of our government and that is where the change will start, and slowly spread. That is a gigantic reason that I want to go to the Presidential Inauguration in January, because I want to see if Washington has been changed, will be changed, or hasn’t changed yet.
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