Predictions for gas prices this year(2009)....
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Predictions for gas prices this year(2009).... What do you people think gas is going to be priced at by the end of this summer?
What is Obama going to do about it... if he is even capable of influencing it in any way?
What is Obama going to do about it... if he is even capable of influencing it in any way?
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06-15-2009, 12:37 PM
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i just paid 2.89 for premium... when 2 months ago i was paying 1.89... ******* gay!! it will go up, i read an article about it. Even thought price per barrel wont go up that much, we will still pay more.
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[QUOTE=Nine Ball;11760206]Depends on how many Gulf Coast hurricanes we have, and how many of them wipe out or delay production at offshore facilities.
I hear Obama would like SUV and performance car owners to donate gas to the people who deserve fuel.[/QUOTE
It's the right thing to do.
I hear Obama would like SUV and performance car owners to donate gas to the people who deserve fuel.[/QUOTE
It's the right thing to do.
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wait till the atomic bomb hits in the middle east, then there will not be any gasoline.
Oil companies are importing gas from middle east.
Our country has been sold out to the highest bidder
It is going to be another SOUTH AFRICA.
Oil companies are importing gas from middle east.
Our country has been sold out to the highest bidder
It is going to be another SOUTH AFRICA.
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read this WASHINGTON (AP) — A 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes is being urged by a federal commission to finance highway construction and repair until the government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads.
The National Commission on Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing, a 15-member panel created by Congress, is the second group in a year to call for higher fuel taxes.
With motorists driving less and buying less fuel, the current 18.4 cents a gallon gas tax and 24.4 cents a gallon diesel tax fail to raise enough to keep pace with the cost of road, bridge and transit programs.
In a report expected in late January, members of the infrastructure financing commission say they will urge Congress to raise the gas tax by 10 cents a gallon and the diesel fuel tax by 12 to 15 cents a gallon. At the same time, the commission will recommend tying the fuel tax rates to inflation.
The commission will also recommend that states raise their fuel taxes and make greater use of toll roads and fees for rush-hour driving.
Associated Press
Gas shot through the roof in 2008 hitting levels surpassing $5 a gallon in some states and we were told that the way to bring the price back under control was to cut down on our gasoline usage and invest in more fuel efficient vehicles. The American people responded appropriately to the crisis and it resolved itself. Now we are being told that taxes must be raised as a consequence for doing exactly what was requested of us. Now, what kind of incentive is that to take more responsible actions going forward? Why should I go out and buy a hybrid at a higher price than a traditional automobile if the government will just hike the taxes up and cause me to pay the same amount of money towards fuel if I just kept the gas hog in the first place?
A tax increase on this order would be politically treacherous for Democratic leaders in Congress — a gas tax hike was one of the reasons they lost control of the House and Senate in the 1994 elections. President-elect Barack Obama has expressed concern about raising gas taxes in the current economic climate.
Naturally, this will be political poison. Americans have finally gotten fuel prices back down to a level we have been comfortable with for many years prior to the increase. The cost of gas here in South Carolina is in the $1.40s right now. I’m not sure if hiking them back up is what the American people had envisioned with “change we can believe in.” So how does Congress get around this? The same way they do everything else.
Lie…..
Charles Whittington, chairman of the American Trucking Associations, which supports a fuel tax increase as long as the money goes to highway projects, said Congress may decide to disguise a fuel tax hike as a surcharge to combat climate change.
Transportation is responsible for about a third of all U.S. carbon emissions created by burning fossil fuels. Traffic congestion wastes an estimated 2.9 billion gallons of fuel a year. Less congestion would reduce greenhouse gases and dependence on foreign oil.
“Instead of calling it a gas tax, call it a carbon tax,” Whittington said. “As long as we label it as something else we may have the momentum and acceptance to move forward.”
I must say, Mr. Whittington does have one heck of a brass set on him. We know Congress lies to us all the time, but this guy actually comes out in public and admits that Congress should lie to our faces in order to get this passed.
They can call it a carbon tax or whatever they want. I doubt many people will be fooled. The impartial and conservative media outlets will point out the fraud being propagated by our shystering schlemiels in Washington, but that doesn’t mean they still won’t get the tax pushed through. If they do this right away they still have almost two years until any of them are up for reelection and the American people have short memories. The outrage that will ensue after passage will gradually fade away by 2010 and may not carry the same fire by the time elections come around as it did in ‘94.
But, there’s still one more fish to fry:
The financing commission thinks the long-term solution is a mileage-based revenue system. While details have not been worked out, such a system would mean equipping every car and truck with a device that uses global positioning satellites and transponders to record how many miles the vehicle has been driven, the type of roads and time of day. Creation and installation of such a system would take about 10 years.
Moore said commission members were initially concerned that using technology to track driving might violate drivers’ privacy, but they’ve been assured that such a system could be designed to prevent vehicles from being “tracked in some big brotherish way.”
I will say this now with the utmost certainty, that Hell will freeze over and the devil himself will be toboganning through the fizzled fiery depths of eternal damnation before I allow any Orwellian politician to mandate a tracking device be put in my automobile. It will not happen, but don’t think they aren’t going to continue to grow this idea. Such a system has already been discussed in North Carolina and heavily favored by the Governor of Oregon.
Posted in | Tags: Big Brother, Carbon Tax, Gas Tax
3 Comments so far ↓
Jan
2
1:13
AM Ryan
The GPS tracking is not as far fetched as you make it seem. Remember there is the widescale deployment of systems like EZ-Pass in many regions of the nation. While far less intrusive, we have already ventured part way down the road.
Jan
2
10:58
AM NYC Tax payer
I think the gas tax should be tripled so the USA can give more entitlements and feed every single country in Africa and give middle class housing to section 8 people and give a TAX FREE Card to all people getting hand outs from the government.
FREE FOOD/ FREE housing /FREE electric and gas and free Flat screen TV’s to spread the wealth even more.
We as Americans should be proud to be part of the big picture of citizens of the world where the United Nations tells us what our fair share is in helping other countries
“America is the best country on earth” and WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE IT May Almighty Allah Praise Pelosi and Give Ted Kennedy booze for life
Mar
7
4:00
AM Dallas Resident
I think the gas tax is outrageous for one the rich will just get richer and the poor will get poorer it is the same old saying coming true again and again. Come on obama I voted for you so lets really see some change that I can believe in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The National Commission on Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing, a 15-member panel created by Congress, is the second group in a year to call for higher fuel taxes.
With motorists driving less and buying less fuel, the current 18.4 cents a gallon gas tax and 24.4 cents a gallon diesel tax fail to raise enough to keep pace with the cost of road, bridge and transit programs.
In a report expected in late January, members of the infrastructure financing commission say they will urge Congress to raise the gas tax by 10 cents a gallon and the diesel fuel tax by 12 to 15 cents a gallon. At the same time, the commission will recommend tying the fuel tax rates to inflation.
The commission will also recommend that states raise their fuel taxes and make greater use of toll roads and fees for rush-hour driving.
Associated Press
Gas shot through the roof in 2008 hitting levels surpassing $5 a gallon in some states and we were told that the way to bring the price back under control was to cut down on our gasoline usage and invest in more fuel efficient vehicles. The American people responded appropriately to the crisis and it resolved itself. Now we are being told that taxes must be raised as a consequence for doing exactly what was requested of us. Now, what kind of incentive is that to take more responsible actions going forward? Why should I go out and buy a hybrid at a higher price than a traditional automobile if the government will just hike the taxes up and cause me to pay the same amount of money towards fuel if I just kept the gas hog in the first place?
A tax increase on this order would be politically treacherous for Democratic leaders in Congress — a gas tax hike was one of the reasons they lost control of the House and Senate in the 1994 elections. President-elect Barack Obama has expressed concern about raising gas taxes in the current economic climate.
Naturally, this will be political poison. Americans have finally gotten fuel prices back down to a level we have been comfortable with for many years prior to the increase. The cost of gas here in South Carolina is in the $1.40s right now. I’m not sure if hiking them back up is what the American people had envisioned with “change we can believe in.” So how does Congress get around this? The same way they do everything else.
Lie…..
Charles Whittington, chairman of the American Trucking Associations, which supports a fuel tax increase as long as the money goes to highway projects, said Congress may decide to disguise a fuel tax hike as a surcharge to combat climate change.
Transportation is responsible for about a third of all U.S. carbon emissions created by burning fossil fuels. Traffic congestion wastes an estimated 2.9 billion gallons of fuel a year. Less congestion would reduce greenhouse gases and dependence on foreign oil.
“Instead of calling it a gas tax, call it a carbon tax,” Whittington said. “As long as we label it as something else we may have the momentum and acceptance to move forward.”
I must say, Mr. Whittington does have one heck of a brass set on him. We know Congress lies to us all the time, but this guy actually comes out in public and admits that Congress should lie to our faces in order to get this passed.
They can call it a carbon tax or whatever they want. I doubt many people will be fooled. The impartial and conservative media outlets will point out the fraud being propagated by our shystering schlemiels in Washington, but that doesn’t mean they still won’t get the tax pushed through. If they do this right away they still have almost two years until any of them are up for reelection and the American people have short memories. The outrage that will ensue after passage will gradually fade away by 2010 and may not carry the same fire by the time elections come around as it did in ‘94.
But, there’s still one more fish to fry:
The financing commission thinks the long-term solution is a mileage-based revenue system. While details have not been worked out, such a system would mean equipping every car and truck with a device that uses global positioning satellites and transponders to record how many miles the vehicle has been driven, the type of roads and time of day. Creation and installation of such a system would take about 10 years.
Moore said commission members were initially concerned that using technology to track driving might violate drivers’ privacy, but they’ve been assured that such a system could be designed to prevent vehicles from being “tracked in some big brotherish way.”
I will say this now with the utmost certainty, that Hell will freeze over and the devil himself will be toboganning through the fizzled fiery depths of eternal damnation before I allow any Orwellian politician to mandate a tracking device be put in my automobile. It will not happen, but don’t think they aren’t going to continue to grow this idea. Such a system has already been discussed in North Carolina and heavily favored by the Governor of Oregon.
Posted in | Tags: Big Brother, Carbon Tax, Gas Tax
3 Comments so far ↓
Jan
2
1:13
AM Ryan
The GPS tracking is not as far fetched as you make it seem. Remember there is the widescale deployment of systems like EZ-Pass in many regions of the nation. While far less intrusive, we have already ventured part way down the road.
Jan
2
10:58
AM NYC Tax payer
I think the gas tax should be tripled so the USA can give more entitlements and feed every single country in Africa and give middle class housing to section 8 people and give a TAX FREE Card to all people getting hand outs from the government.
FREE FOOD/ FREE housing /FREE electric and gas and free Flat screen TV’s to spread the wealth even more.
We as Americans should be proud to be part of the big picture of citizens of the world where the United Nations tells us what our fair share is in helping other countries
“America is the best country on earth” and WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE IT May Almighty Allah Praise Pelosi and Give Ted Kennedy booze for life
Mar
7
4:00
AM Dallas Resident
I think the gas tax is outrageous for one the rich will just get richer and the poor will get poorer it is the same old saying coming true again and again. Come on obama I voted for you so lets really see some change that I can believe in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
