02-09-2009, 01:13 AM
Dakota wrote:
When gas was running at $4 a gallon, there were cries for intervention too. I hate to see where we would be if those voices were listened to..
Excuse me? The gas run-up, as good as it could have been for the environment had it held, played no small roll in scaring consumers into clamping down on their expenditures and missing mortgage and credit card payments, pushing the credit crunch into critical.
Or are you being ironic?