And the sheeple keep on repeating the lies of the big business.
I remember when I lived in San Diego, every once in a while there would be an "investigation" into price gouging.
And then miraculously, the gas prices would drop quickly.
And when the news went away, gas prices went back up. Everywhere. Between companies that were not "related" to each other...
So you actually believe that the rest of the world has NO INFLUENCE on oil prices?......and which investigation found the illegal acts? It has been my experience that the laws of SUPPLY AND DEMAND are irrefutable except with government interference. Hugo sells oil in his country quite cheap so why does he sell it to us at a high rate.
"jacked up by the middle east"?
As the U.S. oil companies report record numbers as gas prices climb?
Give me a freakin' break.
those records are at NO HIGHER % than before. They are the result of higher prices and more costs(oil is not cheap to them either).
Last summer when oil traded at a record high near $79 a barrel, gas at the pump went for about $3.03 a gallon. Today, crude's about $65 a barrel and a gallon of regular unleaded costs $3.10
Doesn't seem right, does it? The price of a barrel of crude ought to be a better benchmark for what you pay at the gas pump.
Gas: The price-per-barrel disconnect - May. 16, 2007check the current prices. Try comparing the cost of milk it has skyrocketed lately and the cows don't make any more money than they ever did.
The logical fact that it has ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY clearly negates such a pretense that the 60% causes our oil prices to go up.
The true FACT that IT HAS NEVER BEEN THAT WAY is much more logical. We have NEVER imported a greater percentage of our oil. So the imported oil has a greater reflection in the cost of gasoline.
And yet, they have been, because you fail to recognize that the "competition" isn't just for the "consumer".
There is also competition for the investor.
Competition for company profits.
Yup...I believe they call that Capitalism perhaps you should make an investment.
Who the heck said anything about "black market"?
Stay on topic, or there is no point in talking to you...
It was exactly ON TOPIC.....I was demonstrating that especially in America that if it can be done cheaper and easier and someone make a profit on it then YOU CAN'T STOP IT because someone will.
No.