List, As I fill my car's tank with gas and the tenths of a penny calculate into the tens of dollars, I too am prone to complain. Over two dollars per gallon for gas! -- outrageous. [EMAIL PROTECTED]&
Then I look in my cup holder and notice that I just paid over a dollar for nice pure filtered and flavored water. Not a gallon of water -- just a pint. If I calculate correctly that comes to over $8 a gallon. (it must be the artificial lemon flavor that makes it sooooo expensive) Perhaps the huge corporate subsidies (scientific research and "security") that have artificially kept the price of gas low are taxpayer expenses that should be diverted to (a) health care and education or (b) private checking accounts (options available for those of each partisan "lifestyle") I, on the other hand, would like to respond to my own hypocrisy -- not by buying less gas or less "foo-foo yuppie-fied augua drinks" but by rotating my measly dollar through the community with increased frequency. Does anyone know where the locally owned and managed gas stations are in Minneapolis? Places where I can be somewhat assured that my dollar spent has an increased chance of staying in the local community for a little bit longer before it finds its ways to filling the mini bar at the vacation villa of a corporate oil executive in a Bahamas' tax-haven? Thanks! Joseph Barisonzi Networking from home in Willard-Hay [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-518-5536 PS: I fully recognize that a significant percentage of the price of gas goes to pay for road construction and repair -- much of which supports living wage construction jobs here in Minnesota and Minneapolis. For the record I am glad to have an opportunity to pay this expense as a percentage of my gas purchase rather then as a toll on highway travel. Thanks! REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
