Ruben ##stein : Californians are fatalistic about high gas prices , and remember 2008 . Even if you take the bus , he says , high gas prices increase the cost of food , other goods . Navarrette says presidential candidates ' promises of lower gas prices are empty promises . where -- apparently , a few minutes earlier -- a recreational vehicle , which held more than 100 gallons , had stopped to fill up . He thinks a good move would be going to buy more oil from Mexico , a friend and ally .
Ruben ##stein : Californians are fatalistic about high gas prices , and remember 2008 . Even if you take the bus , he says , high gas prices increase the cost of food , other goods . Navarrette says presidential candidates ' promises of lower gas prices are empty promises . He thinks a good move would be going to buy more oil from Mexico , a friend and ally .