Our gas bills for the last two months have caused something like heart palpitations for hubby and me - this on top of budget-busting interest rate increases.

Gas Meter (originally uploaded by chipgrafx)

So I went to look and see…. and here’s what I found. Governor Purdue, our guy - who got into office running on the Confederate Flag, staunch supporter of our Chief Deceiver in the White House.

Governor Gas Guy

The retail prices don’t even reflect the wholesale prices. Standard modus operandi of the right. When he was running, he proposed reregulation - now he won’t discuss it.

Georgia rates used to be the third lowest in the nation. When wholesale prices rose, our residential prices rose too. When they went down, our prices still stayed “disproportionally high.”

Are you starting to shiver yet? I am. We have our house at 62 degrees, and our bill was well over $300. Last year it was $92.