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"This is resembling a third world country..."

That quote from my wife, who sat in the Yankee Clipper here in Beacon at lunch today, watching the gas prices change at the Coastal gas station across the street. The wait staff had been watching the prices change every hour all morning, from $2.87 to $3.09 and so on. The owner kept yelling "Not again!" whenever the guy would climb the ladder to change the price. She ended up filling her car for $3.15 at Sunoco.

Posted by on September 01, 2005 at 03:41 PM in Current Affairs |

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Steven Elmont

The rest of the developed world pays about $5/gallon (thanks to the dominance of the US dollar in OPEC trading, as well as higher gas taxes in neo-socialist areas like the EU). I'd say the situation in New Orleans is like a third-world country; I don't think I am justified to complain just because gas is a little over $3.

Posted by: Steven Elmont | September 02, 2005 at 11:24 AM

Jill Reynolds

How about all those "third-world" people living in New Orleans who can't afford gas at whatever price, never mind a car to put it in? No car, no evacuation, and now they're stuck with no lunch and no diner to go to. And that's just in America. Bon appetit.

Posted by: Jill Reynolds | September 02, 2005 at 03:16 PM

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