tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post8145175975980346475..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-54799459163459449142011-04-23T12:27:27.855-04:002011-04-23T12:27:27.855-04:00"...rising gas costs lead to inflation of eve..."...rising gas costs lead to inflation of everything that is transported by truck. Which is everything, including milk."<br /><br />The increase in milk prices has led (not trailed) the increase in gas prices out here, but that's not really the point. I'd have to see some numbers before I believed that gasoline prices affect dairy and produce prices by more than a few percent.<another Eric Lindholmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-69438489953194057552011-04-23T11:35:11.847-04:002011-04-23T11:35:11.847-04:00"Seeing gas at four bucks a gallon is a psych..."Seeing gas at four bucks a gallon is a psychological shock, but then I'm always surprised by how expensive milk has gotten too."<br /><br />Ah, but are they not related? Aside from the pain of commuting cost (my round trip is 80 miles/day), rising gas costs lead to inflation of everything that is transported by truck. Which is everything, including milk.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-68716093374162374942011-04-23T11:22:40.357-04:002011-04-23T11:22:40.357-04:00I won't defend Obama's glib dismissals of ...I won't defend Obama's glib dismissals of our economic peril, but the overreaction to gas prices is out of hand. Take reasonable numbers like a 600-mile round trip vacation and 25 mpg on the highway, and the difference in cost between gas at $3/gal and gas at $4/gal comes out to all of $24. Most families will spend that much at McDonald's on the way.<br /><br />Even a commuter who another Eric Lindholmnoreply@blogger.com