tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post1191879546240280254..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: A "Band Aid" for Gas PoisoningSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-46574477208051325332008-05-15T14:15:00.000-04:002008-05-15T14:15:00.000-04:00Rather than eliminate the gas tax, it should be tr...Rather than eliminate the gas tax, it should be transferred to the oil companies. They should have to pay the gas tax and should not be allowed to raise prices to make up the difference.<BR/><BR/>There is nothing in the constitution that guarantees the oil companies the right to maximize their profitability when doing so adds to the hardship being experienced by most working class Americans. The fact that these oil companies are claiming record profits proves my point.<BR/><BR/>And it really makes my blood boil when I hear some oil company exec, like the CEO of Exxon/Mobil claiming that it's not the oil companies' fault that gas prices are high. Since they control the supply, they control the prices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-91301382677416466972008-05-14T21:25:00.000-04:002008-05-14T21:25:00.000-04:00Michael: your point is a good argument for simply ...Michael: your point is a good argument for simply keeping the gas tax. That will keep consumers deterred while the producers keep their income, at least until consumption is deterred too long.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it's an open question whether the people of any other state are "willing" to pay more than New Yorkers for a staple many have no choice but to consume. The ultimate measure of willingness might well be Chrymethinc's suggestion of boycotting a selected company into oblivion. If such a thing should ever happen, it might well prove a deterrent to the profiteers.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-1115271916358351462008-05-14T18:53:00.000-04:002008-05-14T18:53:00.000-04:00Price controls on gas in New York would reduce det...Price controls on gas in New York would reduce deterrents to consumption of gasoline and reduce incentives to produce gasoline. <BR/><BR/>If people in California are willing to pay more for a gallon of gas than people in New York, guess where the gas will be going.Michael Ejercitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10707862691472293497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-58138377766061627152008-05-08T08:35:00.000-04:002008-05-08T08:35:00.000-04:00If everyone who has a choice boycotted Mobil/Exxon...If everyone who has a choice boycotted Mobil/Exxon until they went out of business, then we, the consumers, would have the power to impose price control on oil corporations. <BR/><BR/>Note, I say the boycott must last, not until Mobil reduces prices, but until they go out of business as a lesson to the rest of them the consumer, when standing together, still controls the market.<BR/><BR/>Also, if everyone who complains about the gas prices contacted their lawmakers and insisted on legislation that would cease all arms sales to OPEC nations until they raise production, well, those people wouldn't have to complain for long.<BR/><BR/>And finally, if our politicians just got off their collective high horse and start dealing with Chavez and Putin on the same level that they deal with the Saudi royal family or the rulers of Kuwait, we would no longer have to even deal with the middle-east for oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com