My neighbor told me yesterday it is getting too expensive for her to work. $40 each day for gas.

[Horse with no Name]

First of all...before those that will chime and say move...she can't.

We live in a dying community. Schools are dying. Jobs are headed out faster than you can count. Businesses are shutting down. BUT, housing is cheap. You can afford your house payments. It is Texas, so very few can afford their utility bills, but...this lady can afford to live here.

Until now. Jobs are gone. She has had to go to work 2 hours a day one-way. She drives an economical vehicle.

She told me yesterday if it hits much higher, she won't be able to afford to go to work.

She is fairly apolitical...but she doesn't fall for the social scams that the republicans throw out there.

She doesn't care about gay marriage.

She doesn't care about abortion.

She cares that she can't afford to put gas in her car and go to work.

She cares that the schools are left unfunded this year and asks like many that I have heard in the last few weeks..."Where's the lottery money?" Where, indeed. It would be interesting to watch this story actually be covered because it was largely ignored when it happened.
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She cares that her health insurance skyrocketed and is basically useless because of high copays.

She cares because ONE MORE small business closed its doors around here a couple of weeks ago and now those people have no jobs.

She cares because there isn't ANYONE doing anything about what affects us all the most.



I'd like to think she is in the majority...but then I met a lady at the gas pumps the other day. Blaming all of this on the Democrats. Too stupid to open her eyes and realize that she demonized me when...when it all comes down to it...I'm on her side.

But her masters have taught her to hate me...and that is what she will do. Because even in their evilness they realize, that they cannot carry out THEIR agenda unless neighbors hate neighbors.