With the raise in gas prices people and the holiday season upon us people are at their wits end trying to conserve their money and to spend it on the things they truly need. Sometimes we can get so frustrated with what we have to pay that we just want to give up - except for this woman.
‘Tis the year for recalling toys. First their was the recall of all toys made with lead paint and now Aqua Dots is being recalled because it has been tainted with the date rape drug. The many toy recalls is putting the scare into toy retailers who are worried that with Christmas just around the corner their usual phenomenal sales will be grim.
We were enjoying the steady price of gas at a decent $2.50 – but last week when it sky rocketed over $3.00 we were upset and confused on what the raise was for. Pump prices are again above $3, yet the outcry from Congress is barely a whimper by comparison — even after this week’s warning from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that oil near $100 a barrel is a serious economic threat. Geoffrey Styles, managing director of Virginia-based energy consulting firm GSW Strategy Group LLC, ascribes the relatively tame reaction in Washington these days to “price fatigue.”