Added to this sad fact of economic life is the revelation in some studies that certain SUVs may be unstable in some driving situations. Then there was the shot at the countries we have helped over the years. Don't look for help outside our borders. But the effect of fuel prices go way beyond autos. Think what they do to air and train fares as well as and mass transit.
Farmers pay more to harvest and dry their crops.
And the truckers, well, we know what they think. Fuel prices affect all of us no matter what we do and drive up the costs of everything. Even worse, think of the poor people, the old and infirm and the children in our Northern states where it is bitter cold. These people must decide between being warm and life-saving medicine, between being warm and going hungry. If our government officials really feel our pain, they could fix this.