Originally Posted by
Sandlotje
$4.00 per gallon is what persuaded me to start cycling again. I did it a couple of summers ago and had a great time doing it, but then I just lost track of it. Now I prefer not to buy gas at that price. Last time I dropped $55 into my tank when the week before that it was $47 or so. Perhaps I put in a little more fuel but I've never paid that much to fill the tank no matter how empty it was. I cannot reconcile spending over $200 a month for gasoline. It's not all that great. Might as well use my own extra fuel from my tummy and burn that instead of fossil fuel.
You are lucky to spend $200 per month on fuel. I know people who spend about that much on fuel every week. Of course, these people drive four wheel trucks and live in the country, but work in the city, so they have long commutes. Still, to them the thought of changing their lifestyle, the type of vehicle, or their home or their work, is incomprehensible. Thus, other things will be sacrificed. The first sacrifice, of course, will be savings for retirement.
So, as Congress contemplates making cuts to Social Security and Medicare and Medicade, retirement gets pushed farther and farther out largely because personal retirement investments will go to pay for fuel.