Posted on 04/26/2006 6:25:51 AM PDT by freakboy
I think as many people should boycott as possible. That would leave more gas for the rest of us who understand economics.
Oh boy.
has anybody wondered why this POS in Iran keeps stirring things up? Maybe to keep the volatility and the price of oil artificially high? I mean who really benefits from all this uncertainty. OPEC!!!
Wonder if they will boycott Honda? They made money last quarter.
I've never visited Bee County, but it sounds like it is run by a nest of idiots.
Complaining about gasoline prices at these levels is quite natural, but boycotts won't solve the problem. More refineries are needed as well as more exploration and more nuclear plants. Anything short of that is useless hand wringing.
I wonder if they are boycotting wheat in India:
Apr. 22--NEW DELHI -- Wheat futures have started hitting record highs.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/04/25/1609648.htm
Those evil Indian farmers!!!
About $0.50 / gallon is for taxes, so they want the untaxed gasoline to be $0.80 / gallon. Since the price of the crude oil is about $1.80 / gallon, they want Exxon to lose $1.00/gallon on the oil plus refine it, ship it and run the station for free.
Maybe they can make up for it in volume.
Sure, screw the hell out of the local retailers, the likely only people who would get hurt by such an idiotic proposal.
SA - any comments?
I got this same message thru an email, specifically pointed at Exxon-Mobil. Passed it on to all my email friends, just as others have done.
It's spreading like hot butter on toast.
Do you want to buy a bridge too? :) http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp
I guess I should have read closer. I thought they were boycotting gas in general.
Why do we have to "urge" people to boycott a product whose price has become "too high". When Cable TV got too expensive for me, I didn't need anybody to urge me to "boycott". Don't people have enough sense to make their decision for themselves?
$1.30 a gallon??? LOL!
Hey, Mr. Plumber, I want you to charge me only $5 an hour instead of $85.
And you, Mr Lawyer... I insist that you charge me legal fees of only $3.50/hr.
What? What do you mean you can't do that? I DEMAND it!
What are so many politicians rushing out to investigate why Americans are having to fork out an extra $5-10 a week for the luxury of personal travel????
Seriously folks, what is the deal? We'll spend $5 for a Big Mac value meal without batting an eye. We buy Starbucks coffee for $4 a cup.
"Martinez said Bee County didn't pass a resolution to hurt local businesses, but to "protect the masses.""
Hmmmmmmm.......Sounds a little marxist there does it not?
What a joke. Are they also planning on boycotting the government which makes more per gallon than Exxon?
And I really flamed the two who sent it to me last week. Not a personal attack, but a reply giving them the facts.
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