The government gets more gas tax money from a gallon of gas than the profit an oil company sees.
Yep! WE never hear that whine in the MSM, though, do we?
Yes, the average profit on a gallon of gas is 6 to 9 cents. But the govt, which does nothing to provide the gas and therefore incurs no cost, and actually drives up the cost with an infinity of regulations, makes a profit of up to 40 cents a gallon (whatever it is you're paying in taxes at the pump). It's the govt that's price-gouging, not the oil companies.