"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:24:41 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

Why John? Why the hell should we feel good about our gas prices running
up
just because the price of gas is higher somewhere else. I've never
understood that argument.

1 - Because we have lagged behind the real price of oil for many years
- too many. That's why there is, on average, .47¢ of tax built into a
gallon of gas - it was cheap enough to get away with it.

Do you really believe that the oil countries would be selling gasoline at a
loss?

Do you really believe that the government would forgo tax revenue on
gasoline?

2 - While not directly related to your question, oil companies finally
woke up to the fact that too much of something is a bad thing in terms
of supply and demand factors.

The oil companies have a balancing act, they need to keep gasoline
affordable to the masses, otherwise, people will find other alternatives.