They're Always There When the News is Bad

If gas prices are rising, it's in the news. As if a blue sky and green grass are news. However, now that the price of an oil drum has started to fall, why isn't it the news? Good question.

I suspect it's because they don't want us to hear what we're all thinking already. Remember when gas prices started to go up at first? We all whined about it, figured it would level out and continued our spending habits as if everything was ok. But it never leveled out. And as a result, everything else sky rocketed.

Take milk for example. It's been so long now, I can't even remember what milk used to cost. (and that's part of my point, but more on that later) Milk has to be delivered by trucks, which runs on gas. The higher gas prices are, the higher the cost of milk. And every single product you use each and every day follows suit.

So now that gas is beginning to bottom out and expected to fall even more in the coming weeks, will the price of milk come down?

Honestly, I kind of doubt it. People will still pay that $3 for milk for because well, where else are they gonna get it? It's illegal to have farm animals in the back yard in the city, and the price of feed negates your savings on milk straight from the source.

Besides, who can remember what milk cost before gas was $3 a gallon? Exactly my point. The natural comsumer has adjusted to $3 milk, thus he or she and all of us will continue to pay the outrageous prices. Even if oil were to hit $14 a barrell, we'd still be paying $3 for milk, there would still be an extra fuel surcharge on that delivered pizza, and the devilery boy would still go home grumbling about the lousy tips lately.