At the risk of sounding naive, can't * put a cap on gas prices?
I mean I had this thought as I drove by a station this morning as the attendant was climbing a ladder to hike the prices up again. The gas in the tanks in the ground is more than likely the same gas that was there the day yesterday.. right? More than likely he didn't pay more for that gas so why the price hike? Even if he got a shipment over night he would've ordered it a month or so ago and would've paid the going rate then so why the hike today? It seems to me that this gouging could be stopped if * wasn't such a POS. Enlighten please if I have this all wrong.
6. They could and should put caps on all oil products right now. But this
is a cash cow for the BFEE. The profits they'll be raking in, oh my goodness. And they see this as being their right, the annointed and appointed getting theirs while the plebs and the peasants get what they got comin' to 'em, which is basically nothing.
7. He will, if and when it becomes necessary. Remember...
... the oilmen don't make money if we're not putting gas in our cars.
They are looking for a threshhold point, where the pain of paying is intense but bearable -- but not so painful that we stop buying gas almost entiely.
Think of it as a parasite. Gotta keep the host alive so they can continue feeding off it.
You're right. There really needs to be a "gas cap" movement. At the very least, it would highlight this rogue administration's and congress's "energy bill" giveaway to those who are glutting us the most. Come the elections that would be nearly impossible to defend.
It has absolutely nothing to do with costs. It is simply using any excuse to squeeze a little bit more out of the public. The problem is if there were actually enough public leverage put on them to institute a cap, the oil companies would simply engineer a shortage to blame on the price restrictions as an attempt to deflect political anger onto those who pushed for the cap.
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