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Gas has more than tripled in price since 2000. This is in spite of the gas companies continually posting record profits, having total control over supply, and receiving generous tax subsidies they don't need.
Mileage on vehicles has dropped during this time. Perhaps Detroit is in bed with the oil companies? Ha, did I say "perhaps"?
Over the past decade, unemployment has continually increased. And the average wage has decreased.
The costs of healthcare have skyrocketed even faster than the cost of gasoline. Millions are uninsured in what is supposedly the richest nation on Earth.
Even the cost of food has increased. Rice, for instance, has more than doubled in price in the past year. This has led to rampant rioting in countries where income is low and rice is a staple food. A global food shortage is predicted, if it's not already begun. Meanwhile, 30% of US corn production goes to making ethanol, a fuel that can be used by a total of seventeen vehicles worldwide.
Our government spends billions of dollars on a war in Iraq, even as we spiral more and more into debt, and basic services at home (such as education and law enforcement) are neglected.
Despite a predicted shortage in teachers in the near future, the state of California (the sixth largest economy in the world) has been laying off teachers right and left. And this is one of the states where education is the strongest. Don't get me started on Mississippi.
Most of New Orleans is still in ruins from Katrina, and global warming ensures that the next hurricane of that magnitude is just around the corner.
Millions lose their homes every month, as a result of the subprime lending crisis. As they do, banks lose billions of dollars. Already, large banks have gone under. So have large retailers and airlines.
Face it, folks, we're at the beginning of something that is going to fucking dwarf the Great Depression. With all the nukes and terrorists and shit out there, this could lead to the end of humanity, and this reporter is not even programmed to be a superstitious evangelical.
Soon, you may lose even the dick and fart jokes of vynsane.com that you hold so dear. And this reporter will likely be recycled. I'm hoping at least part of me is melted down to make a vibrator for Deoxyribonucleic. That would be the silver lining on this mushroom cloud.
