My daughter is far too young to understand that skyrocketing gas prices are just one of the reasons we can’t afford to drive to Chicago everyday to see her finned friends at the aquarium.
And even if she did comprehend what gas prices have done to our household budget I’m still not convinced she would take on the project two sisters in Salt Lake City did recently.
Nine-year-old Sadie and 7-year-old Pyper Vance are rebelling against record high gas prices. The sisters aren’t even old enough to have their learner’s permit, yet they say they are as sick of the $4 per gallon fuel prices as drivers three times their age.
And here’s why: The record-breaking gas prices have meant that the girls can no longer watch their favorite TV shows.
Like many American families the Vance’s run their home on a budget and the outrageously high price of gas has meant the clan has had to cut back in other areas—namely cable TV.
Yes, sadly for the Vance sisters cable TV was one of the family’s budget-cutting casualties, which means Sadie and Pyper can no longer watch their favorite cartoons and primetime shows.
But instead of sulking about their situation the girls decided to fight back. They designed protest signs and have been spending their summer days picketing local gas stations. Earlier this week the girls marched through the downtown area chanting and carrying their signs.
“All of my mom’s monny goes to the gas tank!” Pyper’s sign read.
While Sadie carried a sign asking drivers to honk to lower gas prices – adding that her mom had to cut “cabel.”
The determined sisters say they will keep marching until gas prices go down.
I would suggest the girls hike it to Ohio, they might find some company there.
Last week drivers in West Chester, Ohio slammed on their brakes when they saw unleaded gas advertised for $9.09 a gallon.
For several hours last week Thursday hundreds of motorists driving through the Cincinnati suburb slowed down and stared in amazement at the listed price posted on a sign high above an interstate highway.
Several motorists who sat in traffic near the sign following a crash on I-75 involving three tractor-trailers called a local TV station to report their observations about the sky-high price.
A few hours later the gas station fixed the error, dropping the cost to $4.09 per gallon.
Still some drivers noted that they hoped the mistake wasn’t a sign of prices to come.
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