How Obama Can Deal With Rising Gas Prices

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Clifton:
We would be very interested in hearing how the "true cost" of gasoline is somehow between $10 - $20, as well as how the State is bearing the majority of cost of bringing it to market.

junior of DC 4:53PM February 29, 2012

To argue that fuel taxes should be lower is a baffling, bizarre argument to make. The state bears the bulk of the cost of delivering cheap gasoline to this country, and if only 12% of the price at the pump goes to taxes, then we're getting a ridiculously good bargain.
Do you think $4.00 a gallon is too much? Depending on how you calculate it, it costs somewhere between $10 and $20 to bring it to you. More North American oil would certainly bring this down, but I take the train to work in a city where the fare covers 61% of the full cost; we are never, ever going to bring the full cost of oil down to $7.00 a gallon.
Driving a Hummer around might make you feel like a rugged individualist, but this feeling doesn't hold up to reality.

Clifton W. of PA 12:38PM February 29, 2012