Gas? It Smells More Like the Government

Here we go again, boys and girls. ABC News reports "A 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes is being urged by a federal commission to finance highway construction and repair until the government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads."

Why? Don't they have enough taxes the way it is? Have they not seen the economic recession the Dems have talked us into? Why would they want to do something as horrendous as raise taxes? This is their reason.

"With motorists driving less and buying less fuel, the current 18.4 cents a gallon gas tax and 24.4 cents a gallon diesel tax fail to raise enough to keep pace with the cost of road, bridge and transit programs."" Many Americans are driving less and switching to more fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and a shift to new fuels and technologies like plug-in hybrid electric cars will further erode gasoline sales."

So there we go! Why are Americans driving less? Why are Americans switching to more fuel efficient cars? BECAUSE YOU DIM WITTED DEMS YELLED AT THEM AND ORDERED THEM TO! The little snot-nosed tree huggers wanted more fuel efficient cars so we have a cleaner environment. So we could live with the gas prices being so high. Guess what? It's there to slap them in the face.

The thing you've got to understand about Dems, is that they just can't do the simple and wise thing. They have to choose a far out complicated journey which borderlines taking your rights away so then they can say they have healed America when in fact they have eroded what America stands for. A free economy.

Republicans wanted to drill for oil here in the States. Why? So we can inject the global market with more supply. And with an high demand and a high supply, you meet the equilibrium point where all are happy. That's economics in high school.

Know it all liberals would love to chime in "But OPEC mandates global price." WRONG! If I own a bakery, and my competition is selling a loaf of their gourmet bread at $5.00 a loaf, you bet I will sell a comparable loaf of bread for LESS! Why? Because the market is all about how much can I get with my money and at what quality?

Our oil is the quality. Check. How much can they get? 896 BILLION barrels. That's in ANWR (10 bil), The Rockies (800 bil), and off shore (86 bil). If you had to do the math, we import about 20 million barrels a day from somplace else (competition). We could SUPPLY OURSELVES and others and make them pay a price which is lower that OPEC's What will happen?

Besides possible war, OPEC will lose some hefty customers and come to American oil companies who are becoming rich off of doemstic oil. Then OPEC (trying to get people back) will lower its prices and give different services to customers to get them back. This is the market, and because of the puney minded DEMS, we have not been able to participate in it.

When you want to get rid of a business, you don't buy from it. If they have no competition, you can't do anything but buy from they guy you hate. Bad thing is, oil is inelastic. People need it so bad, they WILL pay high price to get some of it. Because it is a necesity.

So we don't have to be spending all this money on OPEC and their taxes they put on our government. We can drill our own gas (natural and oil).

That's what Republicans would do. But NOOOO! Let's blame somebody! Let's see, who makes a product which burns a lot of fossil fuels. THE AUTO INDUSTRY. So they make sure GM and Ford and Chrysler are making fuel efficient and low emission cars so then everyone can breath better and not pay so much at the pump so frequently. This is where laws are not always economy safe.

Because we now have about $1.75/gal gas, people can fill up their huge SUVS for about $25 as opposed to $60. That's not all. Just like people from the Great Depression learned and carried on traits which saved them money (then making sure the clerk did not mischarge them for a meal or retail item now driving less) we drive less because we have set ourselves into the rut of saving gas and money. Not making trips into town so frequently. Spending more time with the family at home. Guess what? Individuals can set their own personal laws and it is economy safe! If they save a little money in bad times, they will save oh the more in good times. WHY STOP THAT? More money is more buying power.

Now if only the DEMS would just leave it up to the people, and if the people would stop thinking that the president has full control of the economy. Honestly, no one does! The president can only suggest and introduce a few things to influence the economy. Once a president starts making mandates, it usually spells bad news for America.

Don't be suprised if you see $2.50 be the new $1.75! It is the same price, just taxed more!