go higher. you could see $3.25. neil: what is driving this? number one, inflation. we ve been talking about this a long time. anytime you throw free money into the economy it finds its way somewhere and people with extra bucks will charge you more and you re willing to pay $3.25 for a gallon of gas. we know of $4, $4.12 was the high in the oil spike. neil: maybe it s the obama recovery you re refusing to acknowledge. is it there s still 15 million people out of work. the housing market, commercial business failures were at the highest level last quarter than in the history of keeping numbers. so i m not sure, but the stock market has recovered. neil: is it a good barometer, is oil picking up a good barometer? oil is the international currency. oil is telling you things are