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Gas prices blame game
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By Ed Feulner May 18, 2008 With fill-ups routinely costing $60 or more, cost-conscious drivers naturally look for someone to blame. And just as naturally, politicians are happy to blame others. Enter “Big Oil,” the demagogues’ favorite villain. Gas prices soaring? It’s because oil companies want “excess profits,” as Barack Obama puts it. Right? Wrong. The truth is more complicated. Let’s look to California, driving capital of the world. Officials there watch gas prices carefully. During March and April, a state analysis found “distribution costs, marketing costs and profits” made up about 10 cents of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, which ranged from $3.46 to $3.89.
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Letter from Congressman Wilson and Gas prices blame game
http://mtbe.us/states/methyl-letter-congressman-wilson-gas-0...This oil prices exxon mobil profits seems stereotypical. Read and think about it carefully. Once finished, I feel you will agree that is not. When we discover, as most of us do, how little our precious possessions will fetch in the marketplace we are inclined to be disillusioned, event to feel that we are being updated. By Ed Feulner May 18, 2008 With fill-ups routinely costing $60 or more, cost-conscious drivers naturally look for someone to blame. And just as naturally, politicians are happy to blame others. Enter "Big Oil," the demagogues' favorite villain. Gas prices soaring? It's because oil companies want "excess profits," as Barack Obama puts it. Right? Wrong. The truth is more complicated. Let's look to California, driving capital of the world. Officials there watch gas prices carefully. During ..[more]. When we discover, as most of us do, how little our precious possessions will fetch in the marketplace we are inclined to be disillusioned, event to feel that we are being updated. (more…)
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Letter from Congressman Wilson and Gas prices blame game
http://mtbe.us/states/methyl-letter-congressman-wilson-gas-0...This oil prices exxon mobil profits seems stereotypical. Read and think about it carefully. Once finished, I feel you will agree that is not. When we discover, as most of us do, how little our precious possessions will fetch in the marketplace we are inclined to be disillusioned, event to feel that we are being updated. By Ed Feulner May 18, 2008 With fill-ups routinely costing $60 or more, cost-conscious drivers naturally look for someone to blame. And just as naturally, politicians are happy to blame others. Enter "Big Oil," the demagogues' favorite villain. Gas prices soaring? It's because oil companies want "excess profits," as Barack Obama puts it. Right? Wrong. The truth is more complicated. Let's look to California, driving capital of the world. Officials there watch gas prices carefully. During ..[more]. When we discover, as most of us do, how little our precious possessions will fetch in the marketplace we are inclined to be disillusioned, event to feel that we are being updated. (more…)
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