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motorhead43026 wrote: »

On another note you can now finance your DoorDash purchases.

DD now offers buy now pay later.

If you are buying Door Dash regularly or (at all)... chances are you are not concerned about financial success, interest or a budget of any kind!

daddyjt wrote: »

I re-read my last post, and I don’t see where I blamed “all” inflation on oil prices, or discounted the impact of labor or healthcare - all due respect.

That said, the thing that oil, labor and healthcare costs all have in common is this: Once government gets involved, costs skyrocket and supply dwindles.

You could blame nearly everything on the price of oil. If it cost me $150 a week to drive to and from work and I making $7.25 an hour, that job doesn’t make a whole bunch of sense anymore does it? The rising cost of fuel affects absolutely everything.

Toolfan66 wrote: »

Gas never goes up or down for me. I give them $20.00 and put $20.00 in every time. You guys should move..

Now this is the funniest reply I have heard in a long time.

motorhead43026 wrote: »

Fuel prices are cheap compared to the other essentials like housing and food. I drive about 15k miles a year making my fuel bill about $1,700 per
year @ current prices. Heck my cable bill is nearly 3k a year. Working on getting rid of this sheet.

Yeah maybe but I'm thinking if you are a long distance trucker you could drive 15K miles per week. Fuel costs are a significant part of inflation due to their effect on grocery prices and manufacturing costs.

I always find it humorous when people say things like “…gas prices don’t affect me because I drive an EV”, or “…gas prices don’t affect me because I don’t drive much”.

While statements like that may be true, I would ask - do you eat? Do you heat/cool your home? Do you use electricity? Do you order things on line? Do you use electronics? Buy records/CDs?

Gas/diesel prices are tied directly to the price of oil (insane state/local taxes aside). And crude oil is used in virtually EVERYTHING. From pesticides and herbicides to all “man made” fabrics, plastics, rubber, to virtually all electricity generation, to ALL shipping (by truck, plane of ship)… Crude oil is EVERYWHERE. So wether you want to admit it or not, “gas prices” affect virtually every aspect of your material life.

Fuel prices are cheap compared to the other essentials like housing and food. I drive about 15k miles a year making my fuel bill about $1,700 per
year @ current prices. Heck my cable bill is nearly 3k a year. Working on getting rid of this sheet.

I would move. We pay less than $1300.00 every year. I couldn't fathom paying that much per month.

Tom