General Discussion

people who literally are skipping meals and vital medications, giving up their pets, already facing foreclosure or eviction and having their cars repossessed NOW (and I am seeing the latter more and more)-

We are heading right through recession and far too close to depression. I had hoped never to see much that we are living through now. It is inconceivable to me that EVERYTHING has gone to hell in just over a year.

So, yeah. Paying more (a lot more) for gas might seem a reasonable sacrifice for us, but, damn if I want to see bread lines stretching for blocks around the few private food banks still able to operate and the hopelessness that precedes a massive increase in suicides. And THAT is the truth of what we may well face. Scary? Damned right. I'm scared too.