$5 Dollar Gas, 50 Cent Postage Stamps

Yet some things — gas, stamps — don’t qualify as optional, discretionary purchases; people need them when they need them, which is where the frustration comes in. The one-two punch of $5 gas and 50-cent stamps has such powerful symbolism precisely because those two products matter so much to so many people.

And if the day should ever come when Americans look back on the five-buck gallon and the half-buck postage stamp with the same wistful longing that older Americans today feel for the 31-cent gallon and the 3-cent stamp…

Well, that doesn’t seem possible.

But, then, neither did this.

Editor’s note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose books include “Late Edition: A Love Story” and “When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams.”

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Article  Originally Appeared @http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/26/opinion/greene-gas-price/index.html

 

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