Bull. The consumer has gets screwed. When the is not enough oil, the price goes up because of supply and demand. When there is an abundance of oil, the price goes up so that the oil company profits remain the same. The American consumer can never win. So don't give us a load of crap, just be honest.

WARNING: This is going to be a Major problem in the future. When everyone either quits smoking or dies then how is the government going to replace the revenue? What are they going to start taxing higher next? Milk, bread, water, gas housing or any of the other items that we depend on. That's where. I'll never...more

Instead of raising the gas tax to pay for the infrastructure, why doesn't each state hire enough new workers and pay them a decent wage to work on the highways and bridges and etc. The new monies that would be collected by an influx of taxes coming in from newly created jobs would be more than raising the gas tax as ...more