Gas prices
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From: Chicago and Mt Carroll IL
Seems to me that Paul was interested in exploring reasons WHY his Jersey shore gas prices have spiked. Beats reading an endless list of 4.45 here, 3.99 there. reasonable topic build imo.
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I think the point was well enough made. I've done similar comparisons on full year data and the evil oil companies, in general, make nearly the same in percentages as many other multi-national corporations who take all the same evil tax dodges. It's just the evil oil companies get more press.
Actually your point was lost on me...sorry...
I have NO sympathy for the oil companies. Other large corporations aren't single handedly responsible with their commodity for driving (pun INTENDED) our economy with such force (positive-rarely, negatively-mostly) with how THEY set THEIR price at the PUMP...sorry...
Creative accounting is creative accounting and can easily be used to color a corporations annual profits...take this write off this year or pull this expense into this quarter, etc...
The oil companies have always been some of the greediest of corporations out there...plain and simple...well next to the SOB's in the financial institutions!
Sure corporations are in business to MAKE MONEY...but at what cost to the American public?
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From: Florida
Ours here in town "dropped" to $4.09 from $4.29...BUT...after the reports of flooding on the Mississippi river and "possible" impact to a refinery or two along the river...ours jumped yesterday back up to $4.19/gallon for 87 octane.
Diesel is selling for anywhere from $3.89 to $4.19/gallon.
It is weird that diesel has a spread here in town but 87 octane is the SAME at EVERY station...not even $0.02 different/gallon...but our legislators have done studies there is NO collusion between the station owners...
Diesel is selling for anywhere from $3.89 to $4.19/gallon.
It is weird that diesel has a spread here in town but 87 octane is the SAME at EVERY station...not even $0.02 different/gallon...but our legislators have done studies there is NO collusion between the station owners...
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6 reasons gas will stay high this month
1. The CEO of Exxon has decided to buy yachts for all his friends and family.
2. Obama will raise the speed limits of trucks this week to "speed up" the economy.
3. All the oil companies want Obama out of office so they are trying to make him look bad.
4. The oil company "big wigs" want to make a "killing" on gas now because they know the electric cars are coming.
5. The oil companies are all in competition with each other for bragging rights about who has the most money.
6. Obama won't let anybody drill here so the foreign oil companies are taking advantage.
2. Obama will raise the speed limits of trucks this week to "speed up" the economy.
3. All the oil companies want Obama out of office so they are trying to make him look bad.
4. The oil company "big wigs" want to make a "killing" on gas now because they know the electric cars are coming.
5. The oil companies are all in competition with each other for bragging rights about who has the most money.
6. Obama won't let anybody drill here so the foreign oil companies are taking advantage.
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yea and that was 2 weeks ago. i paid 4.37 yesterday
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No that's not my store, if it was I would be able to afford FUEL!!!! Pretty soon the Saudis and pakistaniis will be over here drilling for oil and shipping it home oh yea I can see it coming, and they'll get subsidized by the government and they'll be allowed to drill for free and our government will supply them with all the drilling equipment they need. Yep I just know it. And they'll ship it home in our tankers and the government will raise our taxes with another gas tax to pay for the fuel for the tankers, man this country is great.land of the free home of the whopper