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how bad will it get before things get better
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cause of the fuel prices it has done alot of problems all over. I am a truck driver since fuel went so high I've lost it all the 1st thing to go was the 18wheeler i was buying and doing very good at then I went back to being a company driver where cause of fuel prices trucking company after trucking company went under and the cost to ship anything went up shippers have stoped shipping or slowed way down that in turn about 25% if not more drivers are losing thier homes and livly hoods after i lost my 18wheeler the next thing i lost was my brand new pick up i just lost my house and in about a week from now i will lose my wifes new pickup and I lost her a week ago cause we are losing it all and it was to much stress so she took off while she still had a truck to move her things and so she can find a job 1500 miles away from where we lived at. it's all about the fuel cost as long as it stays up or getting highier we all will lose out and no matter how much the U.S.A. steps in to help that will only fix things for a short time cause people still have to eat,work and live so insted of paying for that house they are putting the money in the gas tank. cause of the fuel prices we lost 3% of trucking companys and still more and more close down. drivers get fired fast cause they have to run thier trucks to stay cool or warm and that fuel cost companys dont want to pay for so they fire that driver. in trun that driver looses things at home. i went from making $3500 to $4500 a month down to $1300 to $1400 a month my bills where about $3000 a month and i did great but now i have lost it all thanks to the greedy people of fuel prices soon i will be out of work as a truck driver and lose even more at that point I'll have to be on unemployment till walfare steps in and the way things are going there will be about a millon trucks drivers out off work within a year or so if things don't change. what will happen to us when the feight cant be shipped, the food stops cause there are no drivers left to haul it if things keep going the way they are the few trucking companys left will be getting $50 a mile to haul your loads that means bread will cost $ 25 a loaf and milk will cost about $28 to $38 a gallan cause of the shipping cost who can or will pay for it our restraunts will close cause noone will pay $20 or $25 just for a burgger without the frys or a drink where will it stop how many people have to loose thier homes,thier cars and suv's and trucks before it stops. the housing,and auto makers are in it deep and losing the game faster than they can handle at some point within 20 years the usa will be broken and we will make others look so good cause they didn't let it happen to them what is happing to us right now. I hope who ever reads this will think about it all and the whole of what is happening and will happen if we all dont do something now it wil be us and our kids that pay for it later not the grandkids to come it will happen before that point think of what you can do and do it before it's too late, a wise man that has lost it all, Don
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