Your Recession - a completely unscientific poll because I'm genuinely curious

[dreamshark]

[Poll #1127364]

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I am in the fortunate position where charity and "fun stuff" and savings are all usual stuff. But not everyone I know is so lucky. I'm seriously worried about one person in particular, but there are others who are on my lower-involvement worry list.

[daedala.livejournal.com]

My answer to "Has your life been affected noticeably by high gas prices in the past year?" is really, "No, because I don't drive." I could afford it if I had to, though.

[ckd]

Same here; no car, no sticker shock at the gas pump.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

I don't drive, and left that question unanswered.

I probably couldn't afford it if I had to.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

If I had a steady dayjob I'd be looking into buying a house again, but I might be looking at waiting until I thought the housing prices weren't going to fall.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

"The upside is we had a tree crash on our home this past summer..."

Some might say that if the upside of your year is having a tree fall on your house, it wasn't much of a year in terms of good news.

[magentamn.livejournal.com]

If you don't grow all your own food, you are affected by higher gas prices. If you buy anything that's transported by a gas powered vehicle, you are affected by higher gas prices. Maybe not a lot, but it's causing inflation.

I am furious about the "rebate". Where the hell is that money going to come from? It's not like Jesse's "we have a surplus" rebate. That money will add to the already enourmous national debt.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

I know. It reads to me like the date-rapist leaving money on the dresser as he departs the room.

[pameladean]

I didn't choose any option from the question about the high price of gas, because I have certainly noticed, but you didn't put in what I needed to check. The price of food is up. This is alarming me and it's affecting my plan to pay our debt down.

P.

[nancymcc.livejournal.com]

Rebate? I assume this is a Minnesota thing. Oregon has one, but it's built into the budget structure (in a ridiculous way, but that's a different story).

I can afford rising gas prices, but I'm concerned about our carbon footprint. I've believed for several years that anyone who can afford a reasonable new car (as in, 0 mileage and above the bare-bones vehicle) should pay the extra for a hybrid or other high-MPG choice. Whether it'll pay back in gas savings or not, we owe it to the planet to exercise the relatively easy options.

Practicing what I preach: M. drives a 2002 Prius. I need a new car soon, and I may go plug-in electric. It's one of those "I can, so I should": my commute is only 4.5 miles (pure chance: job 2 years; house location 11 years); in Portland a good heater isn't absolutely required; I'm fortunate that our household has another car for long trips.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

"Rebate? I assume this is a Minnesota thing."

Haven't heard/read the news for the past week? There's an overnight National Economic Stimulus Package in the works, including a probable tax rebate of about $600/person. The talking heads have been chewing it over nonstop, which is what precipitated this poll.

[nancymcc.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard the term "rebate" when it first came up. I ignore news about things that might be coming (unless I think I can influence them), because there is plenty of idiocy that actually happens.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Note to self: whom do we know who is in danger of losing their house? Must ask.

K.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Note to self: next time you feel moved to create a poll remember to include a "none of the above" response to each question to cover the option that you forgot to include. In this poll, the major omission was "No - I don't drive."