You've got to love a guy with a sense of humor. This is Barack Obama talking to steelworkers in Steelton, PA, which is in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania about three miles southeast of Harrisburg.
Think these guys hunt, fish, and go to church? You can bet on it! The median household income in the burrough is about $35,000, and the per capita income is about $17,000.
My guess is that these guys don't need to be reminded that Hillary Clinton and John McCain are each worth more than $100 million and have been a little too willing to send our jobs to China and Mexico, and our children off to fight wars in the Middle East.
Here's a question: If you make $17,000 a year, how do you pay for gas to get out into the field to hunt, and also pay the mortgage, health insurance premiums, prescription drugs, food, heat, water, electricty and the cost of basic truck or car maintenance? Damned if I know!
And don't think the price of gasoline isn't tied directly to the war John McCain still supports and that Hillary greenlighted. Four years ago, the price of oil was $30 a barrel; this morning it was over $114.
Bitter? Yeah, just a bit, maybe. And I can still afford gas!
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