Some one needs to do an indepth investigation of the oil futures traders on Wall Street.
They are the biggest influence on the price per barrel, IMO. They are getting VERY rich, and they are laughing at us.
Not near so much as "big taxes" are. The truth is, politicians are just putting on a show pretending to care about fuel prices. The amount of money flowing into government coffers from taxes is even beyond a democrats wet dreams. But you won't hear politicians talk about rolling back taxes so to cap revenues. A proper sliding tax formula based on lets say a base price of $1 a gallon, should see tax percentages decrease as gas prices rize so as to keep a cap on tax revenues.
This would drastically lessen the impact of flutuating barrel prices on the consumer AND more importantly, our entire economy.
Wishfull thinking however. The government cares about niether, only about how much more money they can spend, pack pork onto bills which enrich their political donators.
Set up an account with a futures broker and start raking in the cash.
You still have a liberal streak in ya’...quit yer bitchin’ and start investing...stop your yammering because you can’t, won’t or aren’t smart enough to play the futures market...IF IT IS SO DAMN obvious to YOU( it must be because you told each and everyone of us the evil money making FACTS in your post) to make a profit...why don’t ‘cha participate...why don’t you “take the gamble” or is it too risky for YOU and only a “perfect play” for evil people who make money?????