I was thinking more along the lines of "There is no such thing as a free meal".

That too.

I was gonna point that ut and forgot. What's even funnier is that neither candidate is talking about the price drop, for good or bad reasons. Makes me wonder why?.

Yep, its all Bush's fault.  When the ecomony crashes after years of corporate greed and lack of regulation, so does income and demand.  With lower demand comes lower prices.  Then Bush turns government interventionist, argues to pump billions of borrowed dollars into the economy via Wall street.  Another bubble starts to swell and prices will begin to rise.

Wouldn't it be better if we earned what we have (rather than borrow to get it) and had the patience to put off immediate gratification?

Makes you wonder just how Republican Bush really is.

LOL.

When it comes to losing money, I really think there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats.  I just think Republicans panic quicker, have more to lose and squell the loudest, then flip over to big government suporters afterall.

I have always been a supporter of a balanced budget.  I saw this coming years ago with tremendous increases in spending by our president and his Republican congress, coupled with a loss of tax revenue.  One cannot continue to spend on borrowed money without having a serious smack up against the wall of reality.

Maybe we will start to get real regarding our actual economic power and learn to live within our means.

Be well.

I have heard from several independent-to-one-another family members that the price has gone down because it's a Republican plot to sway the election.

I gave it all I had to keep from laughing out loud.

I heard it was because of all the tire gauges given out in response to Obama's suggestions.

I'd agree, I expect these prices to only be temporary. In fact I've been amazed just how much they've fallen - go back say 6 months and it was generally acknowledged that the US (and other countries such as much of Europe) was headed for a recession, so the expected slump in demand should have already been built in to the prices. Furthermore, the size of the fall in the price leads me to believe it's an overreaction brought on by all the gloomy headlines - in all likelihood the economy in the US isn't likely to shrink by more than a few percentage points, and even then it probably won't go on for more than a year or two at most. Meanwhile even though there is a more general world slowdown, you are still probably going to see an increase in demand from some countries such as China. Couple that with the long-term dwindling of supplies that oil+gas suffer from, and I can easily see the prices rising again (not to mention that Opec will likely cut supply to push the prices up almost straight away anyway).