You sure wouldn't know there was any trouble here near the Colorado River... Huge, jacked up SUV's pulling double and triple axle trailers with big v-8 powered speed boats on the highway, and of course hundreds of those boats roaring up and down the river (for no purpose other than entertainment). Jet-ski's on trailers behind same big SUV's and trucks, and roaring up and down the river, going in circles, jumping wakes, etc. All for fun and no sign of slowing down.
Drive out in the desert, more big SUV's and trucks pulling toy box campers loaded with $10,000 four wheelers, Rhinos, dirt bikes, etc. Just driving in circles and jumping hills for pure entertainment.
Commute to work, big SUV's and trucks you see on the weekend with above toys hooked up are now being used to get to work - ONE person in the driver's seat and no one else along. A very few have a full load of people, but they are few and far between.
My wife and I have taken to making one, planned out route on Saturday or Sunday to do all of our shopping for the week. No more leaving the house after getting home from work just for something to do or to pick up one grocery item. No more going for a drive on the weekends just to see the country and kill time. We were frugal before $3 fuel, just taking it another notch now.
Is the country going to collapse? I don't think so, but many people who are wasteful may see some really hard times coming up.
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