[Alberta's Child]

Consumers are being ripped off mightily because there's no real reason why prices are being hiked up.

Sure there is. The price of oil today is higher today than it was a couple of years ago, primarily because the U.S. dollar has declined against almost every foreign currency -- in fact, it has lost about 30% of its purchasing power over that period of time.

[international american]

That is crap! The currency in our major trading partners has barely changed at all. I travel the world, and that is patently untrue...We are being raped not by Europe, but right here in town!!