Dear American people,
I am writing this letter to you all to ask you a simple question; When is enough really enough? As I am riding the bus that is powered by bio-fuel along with my fellow students, I look out the window at the people driving Hummers and other vehicles that get extremely poor fuel economy and the gas prices. Over the last week, I have noticed the rapid increase in fuel prices. I wonder how can you justify having a vehicle that large for a family of 3 or 4? How much of your income do you spend on fuel? I am a poor college student working a part time job making minimum wadge. I know I am not a huge demographic, but I am representative of many college students. I see fuel prices up almost 40 cents in roughly a week, eleven cents from this morning, and I think to myself, what am I going to cut out of my expenses to afford to travel anywhere, even home? I filled up my eleven year old Honda which gets around 26 mpg last week for $41. This is insane.
America, when are we going to stop letting the rich increase their strangle hold on us? We are the power in this country. We are the reason that the government is in power, we are the reason that the rich have gotten where they are. We The People! Stand up, get up off your lazy overweight asses ( I include myself in this statement to quell the hate mail) and demand that the exploitation of the working class ends! What is it going to take to get you angry enough to do something? In the last month alone, we have seen the PEOPLE of Egypt demand a change and they got it. True there were some deaths, but it was by definition bloodless. America, Do something radical. Please!
Sincerely,
Jacob
And Tunisia. And Libya. And Jordan. And Oman. If the people in all these oil-rich countries can get sick of the status quo, so can we.
ReplyDeletePower to the people.
And if you need money to get home, just let me know.