4 α 4th?

I wonder with the gas prices hovering around the 4$ mark, would anyone really care if 2nd July was celebrated as the Independence day instead, ofcourse assuming the propotionality to hold constant, implying that you would have to shell out 2$ for a gallon. I would not care, for am neither an American nor a car owner; just another overworked, underpaid, hungover( from last night!) Indian grad student. LOL!