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**lidersontop** · 11-19-2005, 08:34 PM

One aspect of that to consider is

that in the UK,people actualy pay LESS for fuel.But the taxes that are tacked onto the price of a gallon of gas are

alot higher.Its that way thruout most of the world.In 1999,the price per gallon of gasoline was the equivelent of

$1.05.In the US it was $1.09.But after taxes were assesed to those prices,suddenly folks in Britain were paying

almost three and a half times what we were paying for the same fuel.

As for the assertion that "who's in office

now" doesnt paly a big roll in this...you are both right and wrong.The fact is that the oil companies will flece the

consumer no matter what.But who is in office will help determine weather we get scalped,or just get a realy bad hair

cut.Who's in office now plays a part in weather or not anybody is accused and later prosecuted for fraud.

I am

personaly not against outragouse prices at the fuel pump.What I am against is the fact the the money being collected

is serving to purchase someones new penthouse appartment and a new yacht as opposed to going toward trying to help

control poverty in our country.And to those nice folks that think only Republicans are to blame...I have some rather

shocking news for you.Many Democrats have been manuvering and posturing to protect the oil companies too...

Belgareth...I am jelous that you only paid $2.06...where Im at the best price in recent memory was $2.44 9/10 that

I paid yesterday.

11-19-2005, 08:34 PM	#5
lidersontop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	One aspect of that to consider is that in the UK,people actualy pay LESS for fuel.But the taxes that are tacked onto the price of a gallon of gas are alot higher.Its that way thruout most of the world.In 1999,the price per gallon of gasoline was the equivelent of $1.05.In the US it was $1.09.But after taxes were assesed to those prices,suddenly folks in Britain were paying almost three and a half times what we were paying for the same fuel. As for the assertion that "who's in office now" doesnt paly a big roll in this...you are both right and wrong.The fact is that the oil companies will flece the consumer no matter what.But who is in office will help determine weather we get scalped,or just get a realy bad hair cut.Who's in office now plays a part in weather or not anybody is accused and later prosecuted for fraud. I am personaly not against outragouse prices at the fuel pump.What I am against is the fact the the money being collected is serving to purchase someones new penthouse appartment and a new yacht as opposed to going toward trying to help control poverty in our country.And to those nice folks that think only Republicans are to blame...I have some rather shocking news for you.Many Democrats have been manuvering and posturing to protect the oil companies too... Belgareth...I am jelous that you only paid $2.06...where Im at the best price in recent memory was $2.44 9/10 that I paid yesterday.
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