"So what has your local and State governments done to help you out or do you think this is just a federal issue and the State and Local government are powerless to help you out?"
The feds weakened the Dollar, which caused commodities to rise. They are the only ones who can raise interest rates and shrink federal deficits to bring the price down.
As for states, most are facing severe budget crunches from the slowdown, are unable to run deficits, so can't do any stupid tax deferments.
