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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:39 PM Original message |
The price of gas is too high. Why doesn't the government stabilize the price for us? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too high for you maybe, but not too high for the oil companies and Dick Cheney. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gas is not yet expensive enough |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It is expensive enough. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. We Have Been Spoiled |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Except that we're not Europe |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Would've, should've, could've |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. But that would require **REGULATION**!! |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. stabilize the price for us?? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. exactly! |
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jpcrecom (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. ways to reduce gas prices |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Option 3: Decrease liquidity |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Incorrect: Demand in the US is declining, but GLOBAL demand is still rising |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Fair enough, but don't ignore transaction weight |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's considered interfering in the free market |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. There are only two viable choices. Rationing by price, which is what we are doing now |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. If we make it illegal to sell gas for more than $3.00 per gallon |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Which is essentially what is (was?) going on in China n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because price controls of such goods often lead to shortages. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Chinese set price caps on gas and diesel. The result was fuel shortages |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Your "first" shows a lack of understanding of basic economics |
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jpcrecom (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. How dare you! |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. "There are only TWO ways to lower gas prices: 1. Increase supply 2. Reduce demand" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. oil has never "moved freely". Cartels & state production since the 1800s, + |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. AngryAmish |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Wouldn't it make sense for the government to lower the price?" |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. To accomplish your goal |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. How about the situatio here in Canada? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Through human history price controls have had one single effect. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Case in point: the illegal drug market |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. WHY? WHY? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oh boy, let's revisit the seventies, when gas prices were still pricey, |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. The US could drill more and stop exporting |
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jpcrecom (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. even if |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Your solution takes $$ out of Big Oil's fat CEO's pockets.. |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why doesn't the government do what China's doing, and go big on mass transit instead? |
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