Comments on: Gas pains http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/ Toronto Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: Naeem http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-448 Naeem Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:48:05 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-448 Actaully High gas prices effect on all items prices. Just wonder why govt. can't have better control over it..... Actaully High gas prices effect on all items prices. Just wonder why govt. can’t have better control over it…..

]]> By: DeeBee http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-410 DeeBee Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:20:54 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-410 In my opinion, there's only one thing worse than being gouged by the oil giants and their collusion at the gas pumps, and that's some government representative elected "by and for the people" who stands on a soapbox and claims to be a critic of gas prices! The only solution that the government has given us about the reaming that we take at the pumps is to form a "watchdog" committee whose net results have been to claim that "there's no funny business going on". Sounds like they're on the take, too! Every oil company has clerks who routinely call the retailers in their network and see what the price of gas is in their neighbourhood. Then they adjust their prices accordingly, sometimes more than once a day. "World economy"? "Foreign Policy"? "Supply and Demand'? Nope! It's Greed. Plain and simple. I don't need McTeague or any other lame duck "watchdog" to tell me what I already know! I choose to drive, so I begrudgingly pay the price......but don't lie to me about it! In my opinion, there’s only one thing worse than being gouged by the oil giants and their collusion at the gas pumps, and that’s some government representative elected “by and for the people” who stands on a soapbox and claims to be a critic of gas prices!

The only solution that the government has given us about the reaming that we take at the pumps is to form a “watchdog” committee whose net results have been to claim that “there’s no funny business going on”. Sounds like they’re on the take, too!

Every oil company has clerks who routinely call the retailers in their network and see what the price of gas is in their neighbourhood. Then they adjust their prices accordingly, sometimes more than once a day. “World economy”? “Foreign Policy”? “Supply and Demand’? Nope! It’s Greed. Plain and simple.

I don’t need McTeague or any other lame duck “watchdog” to tell me what I already know! I choose to drive, so I begrudgingly pay the price……but don’t lie to me about it!

]]> By: Brian Poncelet, CFP http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-396 Brian Poncelet, CFP Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:56:26 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-396 Hi Lisa, My thinking is the gas prices now are going to look great come the summer. With oil at $97 per barrel vs. $78 in 2005 ( remember hurricane Katrina? and the 1.20 per litre gas?) My guess is the old gas prices in the summer of 2005 will be crushed! regards, Brian Hi Lisa,

My thinking is the gas prices now are going to look great come the summer. With oil at $97 per barrel vs. $78 in 2005 ( remember hurricane Katrina? and the 1.20 per litre gas?) My guess is the old gas prices in the summer of 2005 will be crushed!

regards,

Brian

]]> By: Jamal http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-395 Jamal Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:35:58 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/lisabrandt/2008/02/15/gas-pains/#comment-395 I so totally agree! Gas prices are a killer, they've gone up 200 per cent over the past three years. Our government should take some step to control this monopoly, I wonder if Harper even knows this is a problem. With gas prices, all other commodities hitch a price ride and thats why everything is getting so expensive these days, from food to TTC to clothes, simply everything! My car remains parked the whole month (except weekends), and I have to wait at bus stops to get to school, due to which I waste at least thirty minutes to an hour everyday. I was getting a really nice deal on this Lexus my freind was selling, an old one (not that old actually), but still it was a Lexus. I decided not to buy it after learning about the the gas-guzzling nature of its V8 engine. Something has to be done about this, or else I am buying a horse, and I don't care, I'll take it on the highway. I so totally agree! Gas prices are a killer, they’ve gone up 200 per cent over the past three years. Our government should take some step to control this monopoly, I wonder if Harper even knows this is a problem. With gas prices, all other commodities hitch a price ride and thats why everything is getting so expensive these days, from food to TTC to clothes, simply everything!

My car remains parked the whole month (except weekends), and I have to wait at bus stops to get to school, due to which I waste at least thirty minutes to an hour everyday.

I was getting a really nice deal on this Lexus my freind was selling, an old one (not that old actually), but still it was a Lexus. I decided not to buy it after learning about the the gas-guzzling nature of its V8 engine.

Something has to be done about this, or else I am buying a horse, and I don’t care, I’ll take it on the highway.

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