$3.99 9/10 !RANT!

[bignickbugeye]

soooo   i just payed one tenth of a cent short of 4 dollars for got damed gasoline.   my last $34 and it goes in my tank.   i got 5/8ths.   what the frig?!?!   why cant we just drill and refine our own oil?!   i know we are capable, ughhh.  that just rubs me the wrong way.  only cuz i know that when i put every last dollar into my tank to drive from utica to albany then to kingston to see my girlfriend then back every weekend end, that all im doing is lining the riches pockets with more loot.   damn

[RS25BG]

haha and thats a huge reason as to why i'm buying a bike lol, im still gonna run 93 in it but its only a 4.5 gal tank!!

[bignickbugeye]

lucky man, im not ALLOWED to get a bike....   untill im out of my house.  but hey at least i dont have my jeep anymore.  hows a 20 gallon tank at 11 mpg sound?!?!  hahaha

[byroll01]

i just filled up at 3.93 but it was 3.99 down the street.  I got 20 MPG this tank and that was with 2 shifts at Domino's where I had to deliver. No too bad I guess.(mpg I mean).  I'm afraid we're gonna have to raise their mileage compensation though...$.28 per mile at 20 MPG = $5.60 per gallon used. It's barely covering the cost of gas let alone added maintenance costs.

[RS25BG]

lucky man, im not ALLOWED to get a bike....   untill im out of my house.  but hey at least i dont have my jeep anymore.  hows a 20 gallon tank at 11 mpg sound?!?!  hahaha

oh i still live at home also, the bike will get me kicked out!! Im just going to get one and then show up with it one day they wont know what to do lol but all im paying is $3.73 today!! haha u guys and ur turbos!!

[Cholo]

Thank our fatass government.  We spend too much, then we borrow to spend, then the value of the dollar sinks, then commodities like oil skyrocket. 

[bignickbugeye]

Thank our fatass government.  We spend too much, then we borrow to spend, then the value of the dollar sinks, then commodities like oil skyrocket. 

   

so true,  our dollar is so weak now,  we used to be 1/1 to the euro not that long ago, now we're down to 2 dollars per euro er somthin.  it sucks,  we need a bunch of new YOUNG gunz in the government. haha like just make anyone over 55 leave. replace them with REAL people!  but hey, keep dreamin right? 

[Red04WRX]

yeah, this sucks, i paid 3.95 the other day and im driving to boston this weekend.  im gonna be pissed if the other 3 people im going with dont pony up some gas money at least.  not to mention parking, tolls, and tickets.

[JayS02RS]

Gotta love it.  All our higher ups are in the oil business too.  Look how much it has gone up since that @$$hole bush stole the office.  I think it was 1.something when he and vp took office and then bam, up it went.
Time for the gov, someone there, to remember us, and try to help out instead of seeing how much money they can make.
At least remove the taxes from gas and watch gas stations so they dont price gouge

[dw0095]

Too bad Dom can't develop a tune to run your subies on 87 during the gas crisis.

[skyphix]

lucky man, im not ALLOWED to get a bike....   untill im out of my house.  but hey at least i dont have my jeep anymore.  hows a 20 gallon tank at 11 mpg sound?!?!  hahaha

Sort of like 2 20 gallon tanks at 10mpg?

Not that I like the prices, but we're still paying less for gas than Canada.

We get $.53 per mile, so that helps.

[bignickbugeye]

Gotta love it.  All our higher ups are in the oil business too.  Look how much it has gone up since that @$$hole bush stole the office.  I think it was 1.something when he and vp took office and then bam, up it went.
Time for the gov, someone there, to remember us, and try to help out instead of seeing how much money they can make.
At least remove the taxes from gas and watch gas stations so they dont price gouge

  true, but G.W.Bush is just a puppet.  he just moves his mouth and says what the people off camera tell him too. its alot bigger than just him.  given the gas prices did go up when he got in, but when one of these other people get in, the prices will probly stay the same or close to what they are.   but i realllllly hope im wrong.

Sort of like 2 20 gallon tanks at 10mpg?

Not that I like the prices, but we're still paying less for gas than Canada.

We get $.53 per mile, so that helps.

yea i am glad we dont have canadas prices or englands! sheesh  8 bucks er somthin like that ha so dumb

[darroj]

the dollar has never been equal to the euro...

[bignickbugeye]

true, im not one to hesitate to say i was wrong.  in 2005 it was at  €0.83/$, now its 0.6475€/$. so it was closer than now.  but it wasnt ever equal, my bad. 

[Cholo]

Sad thing is our gas prices are lower than ^ like you said, Canada, probably all of Europe, probably Mexico too.  Only bc our gas taxes are lower though.  They should be lower than they are now.  Isn't gasoline by itself at about 1 dollar something even right now?

[bignickbugeye]

another way to look at it...http://theologica.blogspot.com/2006/12/fun-facts-on-gas-prices.html

[darroj]

gas is expensive in europe too

Most expensive places to buy gas
Rank    Country    Price/gal
1.    Sierra Leone    $18.42
2.    Aruba    $12.03
3.    Bosnia-Herzegovina    $10.86
4.    Eritrea    $9.58
5.    Norway    $8.73
6.    United Kingdom    $8.38
7.    Netherlands    $8.37
8.    Monaco    $8.31
9.    Iceland    $8.28
10.    Belgium    $8.22
111.    United States    $3.45

More:
In the U.S., the federal tax on gas is about 18 cents a gallon, pretty low by international standards.

But those relatively low gas taxes make it hard now for Americans to deal with gas prices that have risen from around $1 to over $3 a gallon in the last seven years.

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[Cholo]

yeah, that's the big problem - while prices rise, our buying power hasn't risen with it and we all get stretched thin.   The dollar, the dollar, the dollar.  lol


   So what's everyone's opinion on McCain's proposed "Gas Tax Holiday"?

[deadlydave]

If more people would start smoking tobacco, and weed was legallized and regulated and taxed, the extra revenue from that could be used to cover our debts.

this is both a joke and a legit idea. 

[skyphix]

But then Gov't subsidized health care prices would rise.

6 of one...

[idipskoalmint]

If more people would start smoking tobacco

I donate my fair share to tobacco taxes

[darroj]

If more people would start smoking tobacco, and weed was legallized and regulated and taxed, the extra revenue from that could be used to cover our debts.

this is both a joke and a legit idea. 

I own shares of Philip Morris International... and you should too

[JayS02RS]

Ha, tax holiday.I guess 18 cents is not much and thats definitely short term. from 4.00 down to 3.82
need a better solution. 

[bignickbugeye]

If more people would start smoking tobacco, and weed was legallized and regulated and taxed, the extra revenue from that could be used to cover our debts.

this is both a joke and a legit idea. 

i havent smoked either nor will i.  but i do believe that if alcohol is legal, then so should be pot.  the government would make a KILLING on the taxes. and it would reduse drug trafficing.  so many drug dealers are too scared to deal coke or anything stronger than pot, therfor making it legal would get rid of those people.  it would be a win win.  i dont get why they dont...

[Cholo]

Yeah pot should definitely be legalized.  Actually, I think there's some kind of a march/protest going on in Albany today about legalizing marijuana.