The collapse of cheap oil is having some pretty bad results here at home.
Example: Anyone else think $2.95 was a cheap price for gas when it fell to that recently? I did, but then realized that's like double what I can afford and keep the old American lifestyle.
That's probably part of the reason I had a minor freak out when I looked at my last ATM receipt. My bank account fell below the threshold that I ordinarily don't let it pass, and I was worried someone got a hold of my PIN or something. Turns out, it was just all the extra money living in the post-cheap oil world costs.
Then, I read this.
I have no words. I tried to write them, but they are no match for the mud the people of Haiti are forced to eat - without the cause of war or natural disaster. Just because the market commanded it so.
Is there anything we could have done to prevent this?
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