I-5 wrote:What reasonable person expects gas prices to remain exactly the same from year ago, and is tracking it that way? Speaking for myself, I’ve cut down my mileage to about 1/4 to 1/3 of what it used to be due to changes in lifestyle and work from home options. I dont see gas prices as severe, and I dont see it as a driving force this time.
No one is holding their breath, and neither should you. I just find it entertaining after all this ‘states rights, states rights’ talk, and a leading republican senator blows it out if the water by putting his foot in his mouth and calling for a federal ban. I love it.
First off, we're not talking about
"reasonable people". We're talking about the American voters, of which even you would agree are gullible and easily manipulated as evidenced by DJT's successes. Secondly, gas prices are a constant reminder of the state of prices in general. They are a factor that is intertwined with inflation, and just this morning and for the first time in 3 months, the nationwide price bottomed out and ticked up a tad:
A 99-day stretch of declines in the average U.S. national gasoline price came to an end Wednesday, a sign that the effect of falling fuel costs, which have recently helped temper overall inflation, might be waning.https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-gas-prices ... 16647.htmlLindsey Graham is an idiot. If I were the RNC chairman, I'd be furious. Abortion is a losing issue for the R's, it's less than two months before the mid terms, the issue had been fading, and now here comes Graham, re-igniting it and forcing a number of R's to come out and take a stand. Indeed, many R's have firmly opposed Graham's initiative. Politically, it was one of the stupidest moves I've seen by a member of either party for some time.
Having said that, we need to have a national discussion regarding what role the federal government should play, if any, in regulating abortion. Despite their majority, the Dems have not made any attempt whatsoever to propose a law that addresses abortion. They seem content to wring as much juice out of the issue as they can ahead of the elections. IMO it's more valuable to them as a political weapon than it is to solve the problem.
15 weeks would be a good starting point for conservatives and IMO is not at all unreasonable and can be supported by science. There is considerable medical evidence that shows that by that time, the fetus's brain has started controlling bodily functions like its heartbeat. It's also plenty of time for a woman to realize that she's pregnant and provides ample time for her to get medical and spiritual advice from people she trusts. Whether it be Graham that initiates a bill or someone else, one needs to be introduced and Congress needs to start holding public hearings on it, bringing in testimony from doctors, clergymen/women, representatives of the right to life/freedom of choice movements, etc, in an attempt to see if some sort of a consensus can be reached.
It's absurd for the states to have such widely varying laws regarding abortion. It begs a federal solution.