AND THAT COULD BE THE KISS OF DEATH FOR THE US ECONOMY...
BUT NO ONE IS EVEN MENTIONING TOURISM...IT'S CONSIDERED UNSEEMLY TO REPORT BAD NEWS TO THE MARKET MASTERS AND THE ELITES...WHO AFTER ALL PAY YOU TO KEEP YOU'RE MOUTH SHUT ABOUT "CERTAIN THINGS."
TOURISM IS SUPPOSEDLY SUPPLYING ALL THOSE "HOSPITALITY" JOBS EACH MONTH...ALAS, THAT ARE SO BELOVED BY THE TOUTS OF THE STREET...
ACTUALLY, LAST WEEKEND I WAS ON A BIT OF INTERSTATE THAT IS USUALLY JAMMED WITH MOTOR HOMES...RV'S...TRAILERS...AND PRIVATE BUSES...
AND THERE WAS NONE OF IT... THE INTERSTATE WAS EMPTY OF TOURIST STYLE TRAFFIC.... A FEW SEMIS EVERY MILE OR SO... THAT'S IT...
THIS IS THE GREAT UNTOLD STORY OF HIGH SUMMER GAS PRICES...
EVERYONE IS STAYING HOME...!