Thursday, May 19, 2011
American Thinker: Just Who is Gouging Us on Gasoline?
Your elected officials won't like if you know this.
Over the years, Americans have been "programmed" into certain beliefs by repetitious, clever sound bites, and political statements.
Unfortunately, this is true about so many things...
Over the years, Americans have been "programmed" into certain beliefs by repetitious, clever sound bites, and political statements.
Unfortunately, this is true about so many things...
Jeff T. Allen points out how we continue to be (purposefully?) misled:
"You see, average Americans have no concept of what it takes to deliver a gallon of gasoline to their neighborhoods -- for 1/10 the price/oz. of the latte they buy on the same corner. Most Americans aren't geologists. And they don't like high prices. So Americans routinely grumble about oil company profits, without any knowledge of the relative size of them or what risks it takes to earn them. Yet it is clearly the government which benefits most from our purchases at the pump, without lifting a finger to make the product.
Ignorance and envy are something our senators are banking on when they rail against oil profits. Our media culture loves to help them."
