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You know what irks me?

The people who live in America! Yeah don't worry, it includes me too!

I was driving into work this morning and the usual commentary was on the radio. Time filler, minutia, you know the cheery morning DJ's. My case it's Paul and Al on 94 HJY, I live in RI.

For the last week, they have been griping about the cost of tickets to shows, Football, Baseball games, and the rising price of gas! Basically everything is going up and no one knows why!

Well Boys and Girls, I know why, and so do you! IT IS US!

Yup that's right, we raise the prices, we have done it for years! Eons!

Ok, here's the deal, show of hands, who gets paid for work? Or even not for working? Nice the whole class!

Ok, now again, who of you is TOTALLY Freakin happy with getting the same income forever?

Hmmmm..... No one, odd. Listen wake up and smell Capitalism, we want a good income for our efforts, all of us. From the ditchdigger, to the CEO, to our esteemed king George, we all want more.

The point here is everyone wants more for what they do. So what is the difference if it's you, me, or Axl Rose? "The difference is Axl is rich and we are trying to making ends meet, so he should keep the price down." No the real reason is hunger, we hunger for more than we have and we lost the ability to perceive real hunger. "OH MY GOSH!! Gn'R is coming, I have to go see them!"

Hell's yeah I do, but I also have had to learn the art of Wants and Needs. (It helps the hunger pains.)

I NEED to go see a Gn'R Concert vs I need to buy food for my family.

Which of the above is the correct answer?

Good we are learning, AXL rules!

Seriously though, We all need to take a diet pill for finance. We as a country are in Debt!

Pssssst... those are the Plastic things in our wallets called Credit Cards, or the loan against the house to pay the credit cards off, and use them again and again! I go back to the TV commercial I saw in the 80's "STOP THE INSANITY!"

We are so in debt up to our eyeballs it is Hilarious, we have even mortgaged the US of A!

And the beat goes on!

So I told you at the beginning WE (including me) are to blame for all this, because we pay what we are asked. "Come on Man, the Red Sox are in the WORLD Series, I Have to GO! I will pay ANYTHING!"

There you go right there! We will pay anything! Listen that is a once in a lifetime situation I know, I guess you might need to pay ANYTHING! Well since they did it twice in 4 years I think I'll wait for the next one!

Seriously though, what would happen if we all didn't show up at the gas pumps one day? Nothing, we would go the next day. But, what is a great percentage of us didn't show up for gas for a week? Now Mr. Saudi-Texan, would start to cringe, the price would have to go down just to raise interest, that's when we wait another week.

Immortal Supply and Demand, Lots of supply and no demand the market has to correct itself. Oh and I seriously hope you aren't blaming the manager at your local, they make about the same profit as they normally do every day.

"Well we can't wait a week our whole society runs on gas!" True, but are we really being cost effective? Are we using public transportation as much as we could, are we ordering a pizza from the local and having it delivered a two minute walk?

We did it before. Our esteemed Elders can tell you that. I was called the Great Depression!

We need to go back to the Depression Mentality, do what we have to to get by. Eat leftovers, use everything, there's a War on!

Mercy on your soul if you used credit. The interest could really kill you! Truly, bats weren't used just in baseball.

I am not saying we need to foergo all the ammenities, just want vs. need them. We all deserve to live like kings, we are Americans! We all get a vote!


I voted against Axl Rose and his150 dollar CHEAP Seats, in the words of Nancy Reagan, I just said No!

Axl got his money though, so one else bought the seat the show was SOLD OUT! So was the audience, Axl canceled.

BTW, I am an avid Gn'R Fan, but I won't pay that much for a ticket.

That's the way I see it!