Reply #13: where I live its been $3 + for some time now !

[NikRik]

Come to the San Francisco bay area, I live aprx 40 east of San Francisco and regular gas is hovering around $3.25per gallon!In the city I imagine its even higher.Of course everything here cost more $, cost of housing etc,etc.I feel like a stanger in my own world, Iam paying $1,375.00 rent for a 2bdrm condo and thats considered a good price to others around here.I've been unemployed for over a year now and the job market is a joke. We are back to only $10 a hour jobs being available and even those are hard to come by.I remember in the seveties making $10per hour was acceptable ,now adays its a joke.By the time you put gas in your car eat lunch you might go home making $50 bucks for the day, most of these new jobs are part time no benifits and little or no chance for moving up upward within the company you work for. Management treats the employees like trash and think at $100,000 aa year they are making they are the elite entitled ones who deserve more then anyone else when actually they do 1/2 the work of the low paid employees.Iam starting to understand why people are going insane.We went from a decent country with a strong work ethic and middle class to the haves and the have nots.I gues Iam stuck on the worng side of that fence.I dont wish anyone a life of working hard with little conmpensation and no better future in sight.While the rich look down their noses at us let them remember what the bible says how its easier to thread a camel threw the eye on a needle then a rich man to get into heaven.Now I believe this relates how the wealthy person lives their life ,do they want to help other less fortunate or are the greedy $$ gubbers that wont give a little more to help those in need!
IMHO NikRik