gatt wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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You seem to be under the misconception that it is the oil company's
job to keep prices as low as posible. This is not the case. It is
their job to keep profits as high as they can. Obviously the market
is able to deal with prices at thier current rate because according
to all the reports I've seen holiday driving didn't drop a bit this
past memorial day weekend.

How's general aviation doing? How are the airlines doing? Who do you
suppose is subsidizing all those federal bailouts?

Notice that the cost of groceries and postage are going up? Notice
how the cost of airplane rentals is going up?

At what point do we say "It's not the oil company's job to keep oil
prices as low as possible, but it's America's job to protect its own
economy instead of letting Exxon make record profits while the entire
US economy suffers?"

If you guys want to get Draconian about it, I think it's perfectly
fair for Uncle Sam to push back. Don't Tread on Me, et al.

-c

All America has to do to stop Exxon from making record profits is to but
less gas. Since the amount of discretionary driving this past Memorial Day
weekend didn't drop it seems that the American people really aren't that
concerned with the current price of gas.

General aviation sucks as industry though there are several bright spots.
Fuel costs are part of the problem especially in the recreation sector I
don't think that's all of it. For some reason people just don't seem to
won't their own airplane. People are spending just as much on boats that
burn just as much if not more gas than aircraft do.

As far as bailouts go they need to stop. I might not say that if it weren't
for the fact that there are airlines out there making money.

It's when the government gets involved that everything will get really
screwed up.