With all the fuss about high gas prices people are becoming blind to the truth. Let's say on average gas is $3.00 a gallon. High price? Actually such a price is probably the best deal in all of America! Not convinced? Consider that 1 gallon of gasoline will get you an average of 20 miles; to be able to travel 20 miles with air conditioning and radio for only $3.00 is one heck of a deal. Remember a while back folks had to travel on horseback wherever they went, and in a lot of cases by their own two feet. But I'm not naive about this: I don't expect ungrateful people to stop their fussing no more than I expect money to grow on trees.
Capitalism isn't the reason a coke bottle costs $3 today. Capitalism is the reason a coke bottle cost only 5 cents in the old days. G...