Comments on: Americans are Paying Record Prices for Energy and Food http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/americans-energy-and-food-2/2008/07/08/ An independent perspective on the Australian and global investment markets Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Erica http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/americans-energy-and-food-2/2008/07/08/comment-page-1/#comment-29666 Erica Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:14:24 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=2926#comment-29666 Well, the economy is the biggest issue in the Presidential campaign here in the US right now. Americans understand there are problems, but, as you eloquently point out, I'm not sure the majority grasp the scope of the problems. I am American and I feel like the majority of the nation still lives in their small towns, driving their gas-guzzling cars and chowing down on their greasy fast food (I'm an East Coast elitist, I apologize). Worse yet, we're being led by a President with that mentality! I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on what the US can do, if anything, to stem and reverse its financial crisis. Well, the economy is the biggest issue in the Presidential campaign here in the US right now. Americans understand there are problems, but, as you eloquently point out, I'm not sure the majority grasp the scope of the problems.

I am American and I feel like the majority of the nation still lives in their small towns, driving their gas-guzzling cars and chowing down on their greasy fast food (I'm an East Coast elitist, I apologize). Worse yet, we're being led by a President with that mentality!

I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on what the US can do, if anything, to stem and reverse its financial crisis.

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