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It shouldn't cost more than a buck a gallon.
Fucking arabs!
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Years ago, I remember a gallon as .55, minimum wage was 1.19. So a gallon was a 1/2 hours work (@minimum wage) A decent car could be had for (sticker, no financing) about 3000 hours wages.
Now minimum wage is over 5.00 (I think*), and gas is less than 20 minutes worth of work. A 20,000 car would be over 5,000 hours, if you an consider that a decent car.
After a few quick googles, I ran across [url=http://zebu.uoregon.edu/len/gasprice.gif]this chart.[/url] It claims what I said, gas is way cheaper than it used to be.
How much less do you want it to cost?
According to [url=http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/othertakes/0403/0420matthews.html]this[/url], Texas produces 17% of our oil, we import 60%, and half of that comes from western hemisphere sources.
[b]"About a quarter of our imported oil comes the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait. "[/b]
So can you explain how any speculation about gas prices by you is the fault of the "fucking arabs"? After all, they didnt make me buy an SUV, and gas [i]is[/i] actually cheaper than it used to be. Furthermore They sell us less than half of what we produce domestically and [b]combined[/b] they do not even supply much more than Texas.