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meow2u3

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12. There is no good reason gas should average $3.69 per gallon

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 11:21 PM

Mar 2013

The only reason is sheer, unadulterated greed, aided and abetted by oil welfare.

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Drivers endure high gas prices despite U.S. oil boom [View all] Redfairen Mar 2013 OP

Its called GREED Mr. Laffoon. nt BootinUp Mar 2013 #1

So, on a governmental level, mpcamb Mar 2013 #26

Nationalize them abelenkpe Mar 2013 #30

I'm in Mexico mpcamb Mar 2013 #31

It's roughly 4.50 a gallon here abelenkpe Mar 2013 #35

The is what happens when you take the 1 percent's word for it. Crowman1979 Mar 2013 #2

Well everyone should be happy. Less oil being burned, refineries in 'your back yard' closing and Purveyor Mar 2013 #3

And we Prius drivers are helping to keep demand down. This is our thanks. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2013 #4

I paid $3.70 a gallon for heating oil today! longship Mar 2013 #5

And to top it off, the Alaskan repugs voted to give Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #6

I'd be happy to pay $3.69. Here in So. Cal. the LibDemAlways Mar 2013 #7

I paid $6.79/gal last October in Death Valley, CA DemoTex Mar 2013 #10

Yikes! That's horrible. Pterodactyl Mar 2013 #16

The oil companies aren't the only mobsters shaking down the people meow2u3 Mar 2013 #14

I agree. There is no shortage of complicit crooks. n/t LibDemAlways Mar 2013 #17

50.38 $ to fill a Mini at the cheap station with regular olddots Mar 2013 #33

In the immortal words of Robert Klein... MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #8

Here in the SF Bay Area, we pay the highest prices for gas Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #9

On the bright side... primavera Mar 2013 #34

It's pretty simple SmittynMo Mar 2013 #11

What ever happened to supply/demand? SmittynMo Mar 2013 #21

It didn't go anywhere CANDO Mar 2013 #32

There is no good reason gas should average $3.69 per gallon meow2u3 Mar 2013 #12

I wish people were more informed about the causes of high oil prices bhikkhu Mar 2013 #13

And with 'journalism' like the article . . Strelnikov_ Mar 2013 #24

Because oil companies need their excessive profits. God says so. McCamy Taylor Mar 2013 #15

"Drill Baby Drill??" Gman Mar 2013 #18

we tried to tell the dumbass R@ps that drilling here wouldn't do a thing for gas prices NMDemDist2 Mar 2013 #27

Their full of something rks306 Mar 2013 #19

We certainly do need to stop those rat bastards. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #23

China and India are pretty huge consumers of oil now. That helps drive up prices. Selatius Mar 2013 #20

And all while we subsidize those fuckers. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #22

Basic Supply and Demand 555 Mar 2013 #25

Don't buy the hype..... Purplehazed Mar 2013 #29

Completely wrong. Zoeisright Mar 2013 #36

What a con. Game Over. Corporate Overlords win. Living creatures deserve better. zonkers Mar 2013 #28