Halliburton. Bechtel Group. The Shaw Group, etc. Not too damned hard to connect the dots- I'm not saying you're not smart enough to, you simply won't. Or, if you do, you make excuses and indicate that is just the way of the big, bad business wolrd- laissez faire, and all that. Gets very, very old, and my apologies for taking out my frustration on you as I know you have nothing to personally do with it, but as I indicated earlier- people are getting pissed and getting less shy about saying so.

Well, now it isn't that I can't see it, it's that I won't see it. I still disagree. It's that I see it differently. You see excuses. I see reasons.

You are obviously among the pissed. I am not (about this issue).

True, but beside the point. If you truly think the higher gas prices are simply the result of supply and demand, I’ve got a bridge in New York you might want to buy.

Greed. Greed and price gouging – ignored, if not actively supported by, the current administration.

Hmmm....evidence? Not to try to be insulting, because I really don't want to be, but you have no concept of the oil commodities market or how it works.

How would you know?

Reading.

Edited to add: I do not claim to know all of the numerous complexities of a commodities market, particularly the most complex, being oil.

Price of gas in April of 1980---$1.19

Price of gas(adj. for inflation) now---.89 cents

http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.html

From the "How stuff works" site:

Historical Gas Prices
(Adjusted for inflation)
Year Price Per Gallon 1950$1.91 1955$1.85 1960$1.79 1965$1.68 1970$1.59 1975$1.80 1980$2.59 1985$1.90 1990$1.51 1995$1.28 2001$1.66 2002$1.31 2003$1.52 2004$1.79 2005$2.28 2006 (so far)$2.68 Source: U.S. DOE

Heh heh- total derail, but I just ran across this: No gas here!

Now, if they can just figure out how to de-gas Happy Meals.:rolleyes: