The White House appoints those to run the Federal Reserve. They also had to sign off on the deal since taxpayers backed it with $30 billion of their own money.

people are pist because they have to pay more and dunno wtf (especially those that live above their means or at their very end paycheck to paycheck)
but how is taxing the company providing the gas, yet not in control of the global price going to solve anything???

This has been a most interesting read.. who wants coffee?

They may make .08 on a gallon of GAS. That is what they want fools like you to believe. Lets see the same parent company also owns the oil when it comes out of the ground which still costs the same as when it was $35 a barrel and they were making record profits then. Now that it is $140 a barrel, are they still making the same profit?

They also own the shipping company that brings the oil by boat to the US = more profit.

Then they own the trucking companies that bring it to the refinery. = more profit

Then they own the refineries = more profit.

Back to that same trucking company = more profit

Then they own the property that they lease out to the station owners, but they set the prices and how they set up the stores. If they don't follow the rules they are out. = more profit.

So you see mr. simple there is more to it than the gallon of gas.

Here's another nice bit of info on how the oil companies are not only screwing us, but also the owners of the stations.

Your friends at Exxon/mobil have a computer system in place in all their stations that knows exactly what the owner is doing. Most owners make about 2¢ a gallon for pumping it into your car. Let's say the owner wants to make an extra 1¢ a gallon to try and make just a little more money, not so fast says big brother. As soon as he raises his gas price Exxon raises the price of what they are charging by the same amount.

Now isn't that nice. The little guy can't get ahead, but don't worry about Exxon. They get their cake and a tax break too.

No one is forcing the little guy to sell the gas

man you are the biggest moron on gfy...

I never realized that.

And apparently what they want all their shareholders to believe since they put it out in their financial statements. Then again, I'm sure they are just making up all those numbers and committing securities fraud just to keep people on message boards from calling them out.

I was talking about gas, nothing else. They make 8 cents a gallon according to their financial statements. You can argue about all their other businesses, but the fact remains that the government earns more money from every gallon of gas sold than the oil companies.

LOL exactly!

thank you for speaking on the behalf of people who have succeeded in life...

Hey I thought it was time for .net millionaire man to get off his job at McDonalds. How was work today biggie?

They laid him off .... because of the tomatoes .... :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Ok mr. brilliant. If Exxon/mobil is only making .08 a gallon then how did they make $40.6 BILLION. They would have to sell somewhere in the area of of over a trillion gallons of gas give or take a few billion.:1orglaugh

in 2 words : Vertical Integration ....

It is more and more common in huge corp. They split up in numerous small corps, then they all cry they make little profit.

Here in Canada, Bell Canada did that to screw the users, the shareholders and the unions. Banks were OK tough ... :)

Come back and tell us how well you succeeded when you get out of your early twenties kid. Having an extra $20 in your wallet isn't really success to some of us like it is for you.

Er. This is very wrong.

BUYERS are SPECULATING they will be able to SELL HIGHER... buyers are buying.. sellers are selling.. there is no difference right now compared to ten years ago except the market is waking up to peak oil. There is no coercion.. Is it irrationally high right now? Sure.. the market isn't always right, but it should and needs to be nearly this high (it'll probably settle closer to $100)
You currently have a relatively free market oil price... if you want to talk distortion try the trillion dollars a year America spends on oil, I mean national security.

Thats because for most oil companies it's incorrect. Sure maybe super majors in some circumstances but most oil companies no.. it's completely false.

Free market means you have to have the money to buy what you are buying. Right now there is no regulation and you have people with no money backing them up hedging that oil will go higher. That's the biggest problem. That and the dollar being the pile of shite that it is.

This just in from our energy department. Not we are working on a solution, or we need to work together to consume less and bring the prices down. What did they say.....

Get used to it!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0..._n_106583.html

Ummm who else is there besides the majors? They have bought up all the little guys.

You obviously have no idea about oil companies. Seriously. Look on your local index, there should only be a couple of hundred.

It's true there has been a lot of consolidation but the small cap oil and gas market is as vibrant as ever... especially with the high price making more fields economic and more start ups attracting more investors to go after them.

Everyone in this thread knows that you are actually the biggest moron on GFY. They also know that you are the only one who doesnt understand this.

look how well it works in india
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...pStories_ssi_5

i made more money by the age of 21 than you will make in your lifetime my friend. i know it makes you so sick that your responses are just a defense mechanism so you dont actually have to think about your lifes failures... i dont even want to put you down, i am above that.. your ignorance speaks for itself, you humiliate yourself more with each and every post.

as you are hoping for change, im actually enjoying the present...

as you want bigger government to take care of you, i want smaller government and i want to take care of myself.

its obvious you are just a worker.... i own multiple businesses and generate lots of income.

i can see how our outlooks on life differ, and i cant be mad at you for your lifes situation..

but understand this....................., that there are people who actually enjoy life, love this country, have morals and values, have money and assets, and can THINK AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES without the involvement of government.


so please take this into consideration, whenever you try to bash me or anyone else who thinks independently and disagrees with your opinions and try to at least pretend to have an ounce of intelligence.

LOL, i love pissing matches with people who have failed at life and blame it on george bush..

you guys crack me up..

Look at the keyboard warrior again mr. .net man. I have domains older than you!

So if you made so much money before you were 21, how did you go to that great school you have talked about?

It's funny how you can't even keep your story straight.

I also have found out as I have gone thru life that the people who are doing well normally don't talk about it. The ones that do are normally over their heads in debt and are talking the talk, but in the end are broke.

As for the gov doing things for me, don't worry your little brain about me. I am fine, but like I stated above, the people that are really doing well start to think about the people that aren't, and try to use their wealth and influence to help the less fortunate.

I come of gfy to have fun with big time warriors like you. You seem to come hear to scream at how important you are. Sort of a small penis thing for you isn't it.

Ok I will play along, you are a bazillionaire living in Miami. Lemme guess you live in a 1 bedroom million dollar condo in north miami:1orglaugh

first of all, i dont know what school you are refering to?

second..

i have actually been on here usually around this time lately because i am working on a project with global partners which makes me have to stay up late to accomodate the different time zone differences..

so im watchin tv and on my laptop just fucking around here to kill time..

but once again your attempt at bashing me has failed, i havent once rubbed in your face the amount of money i make or the things i have... i am not that petty, nor i have no need to impress idiots.

finally.. people who have actually worked hard for their money and are living comfortably dont necessarily want to take care of freeloaders, lazy asses and degenerates.

if they do want to take care of them, they donate to charities.. which i do.. which i do not feel the government should MAKE me do.. i will do it voluntarily if i choose.

this just shows that you have no idea of how successful people think. you are absolutely delusional.

Captain Obvious:thumbsup
second..

::clears throat:::winkwink:

"Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. "
Theodore Roosevelt

Maybe it should read your parents basement mr .net

"juicy, airtran is the best airline

1 - xm radio

2 - business class upgrade like 20 bucks

3 - they give out vouchers like stds at a whorehouse

4- get trashed in business class for 20 bucks, listen to xm radio, time flies, doesnt even feel like flying"
Rob Fantasy

Your last name fits you well.

You must make a lot of money giving out tips on how to fly biz class on a shit airline for $20:1orglaugh

"ATA AIRLINES DISCONTINUES ALL OPERATIONS"

ata is not airtran u dumb shit

you are too much dood... you are an absolute lunatic moron

is that the best you can do? you really live a sad meaningless existence.

i cant begin to imagine what kind of delusional anti social basement life you lead.

i better stop fucking with you, you obviously are out of your mind, you have serious mental issues and you are the type of psychotic nutjob that will try to kill me for making you realize how pathetic your life is.

seriously man, you need to get help. i believe before you said you are 30 years older than me so you are nearing 60 and this is how you behave???? you are a danger to yourself and to society.

im telling you this as a concerned citizen and someone who cares for their fellow man. your delusional outlook on the world, your support of left wing revolutionary ideas and your distrust of government and corporations paints a disturbing picture of a down on his luck maniac nutcase sitting in his basement with a tin foil hat and an automatic weapon.


i seriously think you should seek professional mental help and maybe things might change for you. life is not bad because of george bush. its because you have personally failed.. there is nothing obama can do that will change your life situation. you need to do that on your own by first seeking professional mental help. then you can move on with your life and start seeing how it is not that bad.... money isnt everything and that life and the USA is good.

once again, im not saying this to be an asshole or anything, i really think you are a disturbed individual and i am worried about the possible outcomes of what you might do to yourself and others if you start really thinking about what i am saying and admit to yourself that its true.

You are funny. All you have for any answer is "you are crazy" or "I am rich", god I love fucking with tools like you.

No I am not 60, then again you can't seem to add.

Don't worry about me and my lovely family of 4. We live a VERY comfortable life on both coasts. You on the other hand live in that shithole of Miami. I lived there and was in the thick of the fashion industry at the time, and still hated it. Fucking shittiest city in the states and the worst people. Nothing but fucking scumbags and scammers. Wait I now see why you like it.

Once again, don't worry about me. I made my money in this biz and got out when the market was still high. You on the other hand are stuck with your .net 80's style shitty little link list. You go guy.

I on the other hand have moved on to better things and just come here to laugh and fucks like you. I actually love when you post because you are almost as stupid as 12 clicks, but he has a real biz so props to him.

Good luck with the .net empire:thumbsup

80s style link list? .net empire? what are you talking about?

There is over 150 billion gallons of gasoline sold in the U.S. every year. The U.S. doesn't even consumer half of what the rest of the world does.

On top of that, do you know that they can do other stuff with oil besides make gasoline? Seriously, I can't believe you are arguing this stuff. Open a financial report from any major oil company and see where their profit margins are.

Blame your government for putting up to 50 cents worth of taxes on each gallon of gasoline while they spend it on some bullshit war in Iraq.

The government gives oil companies handouts, fuck tax breaks. Theres no reason the a subsidy for a company making 40+bil.

The government does need some regulation over the people or the divide between classes will grow even further, all the people that are uneducated selling drugs will be robbing you more and more because there will be more of them, there will need to be more jails (when college for these kids selling drugs would be cheaper than housing them for life if someone gave a fuck about them).

So RobFantasy, when your in your condo in Miami and take a trip down to south beach and get held up at gun point by a couple 17 yr old kids that will MAYBE get caught and MAYBE go to jail for a year because of over crowding and do it to you again a couple years down the line. Instead of having them get some kind of education and some decent programs that are put together to help them out, lets continue this path. It seems to be working well considering Violent Crime in miami is up! AWESOME.

Yeah, we need to spend tax dollars on programs to help show Jamaal and Tyrone that carjacking someone at gunpoint is a negative thing. How else can we expect them to know this without the help of government?

http://www.fantasyentertainment.net/

Your last news update was 11-28-05 bet that builds consumer confidence:1orglaugh

and another beauty

http://adult.e-msol.com/

Great domain and sweet dated err retro design:thumbsup

...that must hurt ... poor Rob.