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Earl Smith

Im going to make a comment as an Englishman living in Europe. I mean no offense by this and I admire America greatly.
Reading this post and the Whinging and Moaning about the price of petrol. Have you any idea how lucky you are?? You are now paying under $4 a Gallon, a gift. And you are moaning. We , in Europe , have just passed $8 a US gallon and its going up.
Be grateful your petrol is so Cheap....
Earl.

Gilligan

Technically Earl.

BUT, the price is a little more complicated than that.

I read an article a while back when gas was only like 2 bucks a gallon that broke it all down.

Our cost of "keeping the peace" in the middle east and keeping those prices "low" cost us as tax payers WAY more. We probably pay more like in the teens per gallon once you factor in all the REAL cost (subsidies and tax breaks for oil companies) of keeping those prices "low".

I personally would rather pay it up front nad KNOW what I'm paying for. I'd also rather see my money spent purely on the petrol than putting our men and women in harms way all too often under these false pretenses.

But speaking of $4 bucks and the ol' "memory hole"... we have a billboard around here that has "remember this face when you are paying $4/gallon" and it has a pic of Obama's head. I guess they forgot that it was over $4 bucks a gallon at the end of Bush's term and actually DROPPED a LOT when Obama came in. If he's at fault for it being $4 today then Bush was at fault then and Obama must have been responsible for it being so low after he took office. OR, maybe neither had much to do with any of that.

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gnizitigid

These are hidden costs
http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/vo...dges-bush.html

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dug1tech

3.67 at a discount place in Florida , mid

Printwizard

Petrol $3.05 USD a litre in HK, $1.80 USD a litre in NZ.

I like Obama; but like any party that wins, they are dealing with international turmoil and markets and balancing foreign duties and policies which effects local and domestic economy and policy. I predict portugul, Ireland, Iceland, Greece, Spain and Italy will effect us moreso and determine government and treasury policy for us mores than domestic market pressures. Whoever wins an election these days is doomed to please few with thir responsibilities to their countries futures as everyone faces hard decisions.