I'm getting SO SICK of gas prices and car taxes!

[clemsonfor]

I forget the diplomatic way my professors used to put it, but we could start out saying, "in a system that isn't rigged, when the supply curve does this and the demand curve does that...." with the most important words in that phrase being "in a system that isn't rigged...."

Thats kind of like in econ when they say "ignore interest" or in physics the say "ignoring gravity" . You really cant do it.

 

[ericher69]

Ya but thats $4.68 Canadian... isnt that like $2.00 US?? :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

sorry, couldnt help myself.

When the wife and I went thru Canada recently, i was shocked by 2 things:
1. Trying to convert Liters to Gallons. Jimmy Carter promised me i wouldn't have to do this.
2. The cost per Liter (Gallon) SUCKED.

Our Loonie was worth more than the overpriced US equivalent for many months! It's now about 4% less on the dollar

Another thing you may already know

1 imperial gallon= 3.78 litres
1 metric gallon=. 4.54 litres

I live in a border town and make the commute south once a month

Taking into account the above the price/litre difference yesterday was 28 cents/litre cheaper in USA!

 

[Barnone]

cat driver,
Please explain
"# 1 FACT the government is making more money that they ever have with high fuel prices now that's a simple fact no one can dispute. "
Gas tax stays the same regardless of the price at the pump. Seems to me that high prices decrease demand so the government makes less money on high fuel prices.

I'd question the rest of your facts but will wait for an answer from you.

 

[two_bit_score]

The failed energy policy of the Obama regime is the main driver of gasoline prices right now.

And, Obama and his Energy Secretary think the price is really not high enough until it gets to about $8 a gallon.



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[ccride]

The failed energy policy of the Obama regime is the main driver of gasoline prices right now.
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So what was driving prices when gas went over $4.00 a gallon when George W. was in office?

 

[RollingsFarms]

So what was driving prices when gas went over $4.00 a gallon when George W. was in office?

Obamas fault then too

 

[clemsonfor]

So what was driving prices when gas went over $4.00 a gallon when George W. was in office?

UMMMM, a little storm called Katrina, that shut offshore production down in the gulf as well as damaged many of the refineries.

Right now if your paying attention you realize that there is an excess in the supply chain.

Obama laughed at romney and said "there is not a thing in the world that the President can do about gas prices". Then mid last week he announces a task force to l"ook into speculators again to see if they can lower gas prices"???:confused2:

 

[two_bit_score]

UMMMM, a little storm called Katrina, that shut offshore production down in the gulf as well as damaged many of the refineries.

Right now if your paying attention you realize that there is an excess in the supply chain.

Obama laughed at romney and said "there is not a thing in the world that the President can do about gas prices". Then mid last week he announces a task force to l"ook into speculators again to see if they can lower gas prices"???:confused2:

Obama hasn't a clue what to do about anything. Absolutely everything he has tried has failed.

But Obama has never really tried to fix the real problems of the economy. Obama has tried to impose his bureaucratic control and excessive regulation and over taxation and some kind of real messed up idea of 'fairness', kill the rich social justice BS.

Obama did all this believing that the US economy would rebound, as it always does, and he would look like the savior for spending us into bankruptcy.

Obama was and is wrong as he can be. He's also the worst president in American history.



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[greasemonkeyok]

"Obama hasn't a clue what to do about anything. Absolutely everything he has tried has failed."

Really? You mean he failed in his attempt to get elected President of the United States?

Wow, I didn't realize he was such a loser. I suppose you prefer a Yankee trust baby masquerading as a cowboy from Texas. (I'm speaking of 43, not 41 who earned his stripes.)

 

[varmint]

Well, not to disparage real cowboys, but wasn't 43 sort of one? As in shoot first, think later, if at all? I don't get it when folks say Obama is the worst president ever... there are an awlful lot of wounded and damaged veterans, who got that way thanks to Mr. Bush's excellant war, who's lives are forever destroyed, that might argue otherwise. Considering the imploding economy that Obama inherited, I won't second guess what he's done to try and save the country. You want more cheap oil- watch what will happen if they rape the environment to extract as much as they can: it'll go to the highest bidder on the world market, helping only those who own oil company stock. The game has changed, and not in our favor.