tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277455469409055481.post8112664896062683989..comments2023-03-21T07:26:28.126-07:00Comments on At the Keyboard: What in the World?Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01474194747048398687noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277455469409055481.post-75119300622096475922008-05-21T05:52:00.000-07:002008-05-21T05:52:00.000-07:00To be fair, most of the people I see complaining a...To be fair, most of the people I see complaining about gas and groceries were already struggling to make ends meet before prices rose. We're struggling at my house too, but it's because I'm fortunate enough to be able to do something I love that doesn't pay well (or, technically, at all). It's much less stressful having little money when it's for a reason like that.<BR/><BR/>But it wasn't that long ago that I was working hard in a field I was tired of and still not making ends meet - only to have our child care arrangement fall through. We had to go to someone much more expensive, and couldn't afford it. I still vividly remember that feeling of being buried slowly, and it's hard to begrudge people their disgruntlement under those circumstances.<BR/><BR/>Anyone well-off who complains to me about gas prices, though, is sure to earn The Look from me. Not only because of the disasters you mentioned, but because part of the cause for the rise in grocery and gas prices is the rise of foreign economies; people who couldn't afford cars or, say, MEAT, can for the first time. That's something to celebrate, people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com