Worrying Doesn't Help!

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The paper discusses the increase in gas costs and its impact on our everyday life. The paper explains that utilities, food prices, clothing items and appliances are all affected by the spiraling gas prices and this impacts U.S. consumers' spendable income in a negative way. The paper looks at the uselessness of worrying about gas prices, however and points instead to the advantages of practically conserving gas. The paper shows the futility of protesting what can't be changed and suggests instead to work on invoking change on something worthwhile that needs to be changed.

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"In respect to costs of gas and the economic affects, one may choose to consider contributing factors in an optimistic positive "light" or one may consciously or unconsciously choose to reiterate current doomsayers' claims. Quotes regarding the adage that purportedly reflect whether a person is an optimist or a pessimist is noted to be contingent on whether they choose to think a glass is half empty or half full. In a sense, choices an individual is forced to make by the changes in arenas affected by gas prices in the United States could perhaps in a sense mirror whether their mind set is basically negative or positive."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Consumer Confidence Falls Most in 15 Years; Jobless, Gas Prices Hurt. (2005, September 28). The Washington Times, p. A01.
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