Boortz : JUST STOP WHINING ABOUT GASOLINE PRICES

Nealz Nuze ^ | May 17, 2007 | Neal Boortz

[ChurtleDawg]

he is whining about how people are unhappy to be paying $30 dollars and not even filling up their tank (which happened the other day to me). He is unhappy that they are unhappy with the oil companies, market speculators and price gouging

I think he sounds like a real jerk here. too bad we all don’t make as much money as he does and can afford astronomically high gasoline costs

[cweese]

OK, fair enough, I got the #’s wrong. My point was that there are congressmen and women in front of the tv cameras daily, blaming oil companies as the only culprit in the rising costs of gas. If the feds are THAT worried about it, quit with the $0.184 tax per gallon for a while.

[an amused spectator]

Note to self, Neal Bortz is a dumb ass.

That certainly tastes like a whine...

Happy anniversary. :-)

[Realism]

The author clearly is quit simple minded. First, those who are complaining about the gas price pinch likely also complain about government waste. Many people live on a monthly budget, so tank to tank may not seem like much but it all adds up. Many here would simply go bananas if many of the government funded programs simply dried up and went away. Many programs are taken for granted right up to the point of being cut.

[cweese]

Ah, ye olde ‘price gouging’. Prove it, sport.

[ejonesie22]

He makes a good point, and while I don’t like the price of gas, I can’t see a reason to complain too much, except to congress because of the tax on fuel.

What kills me are those moaning about the price of gas while sipping on bottled water and cafe mochas. When gas gets to the same price a gallon as those items, then let them complain...

[xcamel]

Bingo!

[Harrius Magnus]

“I think he sounds like a real jerk here. too bad we all don’t make as much money as he does and can afford astronomically high gasoline costs.”

You’re going to have to do better than his words harming your sensibilities, and resorting to class warfare, if you want to carry the argument. Paging Silky Pony (he’ll fight for you).

[the OlLine Rebel]

Difference: Stamps STAY up and ONLY go up.

Gas fluctuates up and down - but noone thanks the oil co’s for “reducing” the prices!

[DungeonMaster]

For me it was his arrogant attitude. The whole thing is oozing with intellectual superiority but the DA can't even do technical writing. He says 16 miles to and from work then proceeds to say 16 miles one way in the example he uses.

[ZULU]

What he is stating, is, of course, true.

But to the average American, the monumental rise in gasoline prices is heartbreaking, while he/she are trying to raise a family and survive in an increasingly complicated world.

NOW is the perfect time for the Administration to push for more refinery capacity, clean coal use, nuclear energy, drilling on the Alaskan North Slope, and alternate energy.
It is also an opportunity to re-emphasize the significance behind assuring governments favorable to US exist in oil producing areas.

BUT, as usual, Mr. Bush is asleep at the wheel and the fall-out will blow-back in Republican faces in 2008 instead of in Democrat faces where it belongs.

This administration is perhaps the most inept in history in taking advantage of situations and using them to its own best advantage.

At this point, I simply don’t believe Bush cares anymore.

[Rezod21]

Thank you Mobile!! You only made 9.5b this quarter

[the OlLine Rebel]

The last True Lincoln was my ‘79. ;-)

[DungeonMaster]

Happy anniversary. :-)

Wow, I didn't even realize, but thanks!!!

[knarf]

I question the AAA statistics.

A little more than a year ago ... Jan/Feb or thereabouts ... I seem to remember $2.10 gallons threatening to drop below $2.

That means that in human thinking (we tend to round things up and down), a year ago the cost of gas was a buck cheaper than it is now.

So those big tank vehicles now cost $20 plus more at the point of sale ... the place you go to on a Friday, calculating how much you have left out of your check to take your wife/family/girlfriend out.

My little Cavalier costs about $11 more to fill up now, kinda' like me just giving a sawbuck away.

Between work travel, church, school activities (the kids), shopping and the occasional trip to the local convenient store because of ... whatever .... I fill up twice a week, so my weekly outlay is no longer about $40, but closer to $60.

In case anyone hasn't been watching ... as single parent I do, ... even at WallyWorld the cost of groceries is more this year than last ... cheaper by a few cents only than in other stores, but more than a year ago.

So my gas bill is up and my grocery bill is up.

Life requires more than gasoline and eating ... (there are, I'm sure, some here that may say I'm full of $h!t) and T.P is more expensive, too.

I could go on, but why bother ... my pay stays static until an industry hits enough of a crisis that pay increases just enough to break even with the then current level of "just making it", and the cycle starts all over again.

I don't have an answer, but I know what I see.

Just pray there are no reports of a hurricane off the coast of Florida or the Gulf coast that may hit in a week to ten days .... plywood will go up this afternoon by about 3 bucks a sheet.

[Realism]

...Waiting for the FReepers that drive their Ford F350 one hundred miles each way to work every morning to jump in and complain....

Gas was $1.80 per gal when I bought my truck. Used to cost $45 to fill it once a week. Now it costs nearly $80, yeah $140 more a month than when I bought it.

[NavyCanDo]

Gasbuddy.com shows in my city the gas prices range is about 14 cents a gallon from the lowest price station to the highest price. If we were treating this like it was a true crisis I would think there would be a long line at the lowest price station, and those selling gas at the high end stations would be wondering where everybody went. Yea, we can complain about the price all we want but until we are really committed to changing where we fill up and send a strong message to the high price stations that they are loosing customers, then we are just blowing smoke.

[thackney]

but I drive 60 miles a day back and forth to work.

This is a choice within your control.

[the OlLine Rebel]

You are correct about that. Good point (by you and others). It’s almost a true consumption tax - really the only taxes we should have.

[cweese]

Yeah, I have a similar problem. I have a ‘91 landcruiser that gets 10mpg. With $3.00 gas, it’s a $70.00 fill up. I have learned to limit my driving.