Just kidding — Will’s latest Newsweek column takes aim at the growing number of federal government “emergencies,” sharing his view that “emergency” spending simply disguises lawmakers’ unwillingness to cut costs.
He also aims his grumpiness at the people who complain that government ought to do something about these high gas prices:
“Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the whiny mentality that an entitlement culture breeds. They feel entitled to purchase gasoline at the price they paid for it 25 years ago. Guess what? Last week they could do even better than that. The average price of a gallon of regular was $2.91. In April 1981, the real, inflation-adjusted price was $3.10.”
