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Message: <blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2090981" data-attributes="member: 7629">can't come up with anything of substance... so pile on the BS!let me guess .. you are part of the HUGE group that actually believe BIG oil is not making that much profit ... or that the $1.13 Trillion dollars BIG oil took in 2011 alone, had little to do with softness of our economy...let's translate this into something everyone can relate to ... think in terms of $$ dollars available to every house hold in America to pay bills, buy groceries, clothing, shelter, etc. it's a fact that after a divorce, house holds with single mom's have less dollars per month of disposable income.  think before Katrina what each household in America was paying for fuel ... vs after doubling of fuel costs after Katrina, what each household is now paying. that's virtually every household in America ... no one is exempt, even folks that don't drive, still need to shop for groceries. those goods on the shelve didn't fly magically across the country. they were likely trucked to said grocery store. let's use std numbers to make things easier to follow:avg miles driven annually = 12,000 divided by say 15mpg = 800 gal x $1.50 = $1200 or $100 per month avg fuel costsnow let's use $3 gal x 800 = $2400 or $200 per month avg fuel costsnow let's use $4 gal x 800 = $3200 or $266 per month avg fuel costsafter Katrina .. virtually every household in America now has $100 to $166 less per month to pay bills, feed kids, buy clothing, etc. etc. how can taking that much $$$ out of virtually every household in American NOT effect the economy?</blockquote>

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