A dollar and a quarter a gallon? Sixty years ago, it was 22.9 cents a gallon at the edge of my memory. At the time, we had a huge middle class, an above-average president who inspired us, both parties worked together on foreign policy, if not domestic, and optimism for the future. We also had a Supreme Court that upheld our rights, especially of ordinary citizens instead of corporations.
A dollar and a quarter a gallon? Sixty years ago, it was 22.9 cents a gallon at the edge of my memory. At the time, we had a huge middle class, an above-average president who inspired us, both parties worked together on foreign policy, if not domestic, and optimism for the future. We also had a Supreme Court that upheld our rights, especially of ordinary citizens instead of corporations.