Oil Price Gouging, But It's NOT Just The Oil Companies

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  1. Oct 30, 2005 #1
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    Anyone surprised?

    http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2005/10/gas_taxes_excee.html

     
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    a call BS....they virtually lost money for 18 years....they finally get their shit together and make some money and now they are gouging....
     
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    Why don't the conservatives get pissed at the government? :dunno: What about the liberals? :dunno:
     
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    where do their pay checks come from.....no sense biting the hand that feeds them
     
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    Yah, that is what I was thinking.
     
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    pays for all their pork barrell crap as well which gets the re-elected....tobacco industry helps foot the bill as well....
     
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    Can you think of another lobby as hated? :smoke:
     
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    gun lobby?....booze?.....genetic engineering?....the BAR
     
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    Not even close...
     
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    Banking/Credit card lobby..But the people just don't know it yet.
    They were the force behind the new Bankrupcy laws.
     
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