Desperate situation means desperate solution

[pioneer]

Tennessee - High gas prices have driven a Warren County farmer and his sons to hitch a tractor rake to a pair of mules to gather hay from their fields. T.R. Raymond bought Dolly and Molly at the Dixon mule sale last year. Son Danny Raymond trained them and also modified the tractor rake so the mules could pull it.

T.R. Raymond says the mules are slower than a petroleum-powered tractor, but there are benefits.

"This fuel's so high, you can't afford it," he said. "We can feed these mules cheaper than we can buy fuel. That's the truth."

Article Source: AZ Central

[Lorenzo]

Mike, the gas prices in the United States have reached an all-time high. $4.00 per gallon.

This is too much. The minimum wage for American citizens is at $7.00 an hour. The cost of gasoline is more than half the minimum wage.

It's not just gasoline, cost of living is increasing. Food prices are rising, taxes are rising, but the pay remains the same. Stagnancy in the time of need.

This is an effect of $ 1 Trillion of debt due to military spending in Iraq. And unchecked loaning.

The United States really is in an economic recession.

[kiamoy]

it is because the cost/barrel of the oil in the world market is already at $135..

[pioneer]

The oil-producing countries will be richer day by day. Dubai, for instance, is buying and acquiring companies and government firms abroad.

[kiamoy]

hmm ignorant question.. ila kaha ni modus kuya mike?

[C2H4]

Btaw dong, lisud na gyud kaayo. Ours here is $3.85 na gyud. Moabot naman kaha ni ug $5.00. Sus, kafaet! Ga carpool nalang gani mi sa akong banana. Since duol ra man among gi trabahuan, he just drives me to work unya hapiton nalang pud ko niya inig human trabaho. Pare pareha ra man pud among schedule sa work so ok ra. Hahay buhay gyud.