Political Quotes

“It is understandable because this is an economic issue which hits you right between the eyes every time you drive down the street and hits you right in the pocketbook when you go to pay for gasoline. You know what is happening with the price of that commodity. You also know when something is obviously very wrong. In my State, the average consumer is paying a record $3.71 a gallon for gasoline. There are many States paying more. Diesel fuels are even worse. The Illinois average now is $4.30 a gallon, but in some parts of America, diesel fuel costs as much as $5 a gallon. Think about the trucker. Many of them have to live on a very slight margin, filling up the tank of that truck they are taking down the highway and putting out over $900, sometimes $1,000, to do it. For many of them, it means work extra hours, extra days, an extra week, to try to make enough to get by. Fuel costs are approximately 2 rac{1}{2} times what they were when President Bush took office in 2001. What a legacy this President will leave, when you take a look at energy in America today.”