Let Them Eat Cake

The Prez, today, speaking from a foreign-owned windmill plant that had been the lucky recipient of stimulus money, assessed the concerns of a fellow in the audience who asked about skyrocketing gas prices by saying:

“If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know,” Obama said laughingly. “You might want to think about a trade-in.”

In a word, "Let them drive Volts."

I doubt the fellows vehicle was getting 8 mpg, it's hard to find even gas guzzlers that do much worse than 15 anymore, but if he's having trouble filling the tank, he probably isn't planning to use his next fill-up allowance to finance a new Volt.