Well, it “makes sense”, if you’re a “government owns everything” type of person,
that if the gas price goes down, the consumers should pay the difference to the government.
After all, discretionary spending money in the hands of individuals won’t be spent correctly.
True that. Our rulers know what's best for us. I foresee a day when they just keep all our money we earn and parcel out how much they decide to give us to live on....according to our 'needs' and 'proper' living style.