Hello all! Let me get straight to the point. First off, has anyone seen the gas prices? Has anyone felt the gas prices in there pockets? How does this government not realize that the cost of living increases without income increases is basically useless, if not absolutely ridiculous. How convenient the government raised the price of gas conveniently at the same time the tax rebate checks were sent out! We all know these big wigs have interest for monetary gain with regard to gas or oil. This economic stimulus plan is part of a 168 billion stimulus package. The object is not to save it. They want you to spend it. They say don't spend it all in one place. But we all know where most of it is going, gas. With these big wigs capitalizing on the high gas costs, how much of that 168 billion are they trying to recoup? Makes you think. They say the price of oil per barrel is at an all time high. Somewhere between $100.00 - $120.00 a barrel. When was the last time any of us bought a barrel of gas? Thats the price the government is paying. Its the government that makes us feel it at the pump. Thats also another reason why the gas/oil industry is not regulated in this country. Who do they think they are really fooling? What happens when the tax rebate checks are all spent, and the gas price increases a quarter. Then the government is going to say we shouldn't have spent it, we should have saved it. How subliminal is that! The price of milk increases. Why? If they didn't create that panic with mad cow disease and that e-coli. scare, we would have had enough cows to milk to keep the cost down. But no, they got rid of these cows and created there own shortage, and we have to pay. I can go deeper, but for now that should do. Remember, Truth, Justice, & Freedom, some of the few things we still have control of.