Review: Eye-opening for all Americans
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
We've all heard mutterings from both sides of the aisle about the causes of high gas prices, attributing it to whatever evil best fits their agenda. That's one of the things that makes Gas At 1.25 Per Gallon: How We Get There in Six Weeks so unique - it's pretty nonpartisan in nature, it in no way tries to subversively make the reader hate the President or all big business, and it's about much more than lowering gas prices (though that's a big draw for middle-class readers) - it's about the American economy as a whole.Think the media doesn't pick and choose which topics to cover? After reading this book, you'll think again. I watch a lot of political commentary, and I've never once heard about the QE (quantitative easing) programs that Rice discusses at length. Once you read how they work, you'll consider that a pretty terrifying thought.Many books like this draw you in claiming to have a solution, then spend two hundred pages complaining about the same problems we all recognize. This is where this book truly stands apart - it offers real solutions, the possible issues that could arise from implementing them, and what to do in contingency. That is a serious rarity.Although this book is definitely biased toward the middle class, one can argue that as a country we should be making policy decisions that favor the middle class because they by definition are the mass of our population. All in all, this is a read every American should take the time to digest. It could open a lot of minds and doors to a real, permanent solution.