Thread: USA Gasoline Prices ..... Did you ever notice ......

Every Presidential election year in my memory , and that is quite a few, the price of gas at the pump goes down in the months before the election. What is that about ? Not that I'm complaining ... I'll complain after the election ..... when the price goes up again. I'm not imagining this BTW. The other thing is the Florida Lottery. Every year approaching Christmas there is no winner until it goes sky high. Could it be the fix is in ?

Hmm..I wonder how much cheaper an all electric vehicle really is if not driving much...$4.41 is the going rate here in socali

I had a political science teacher who had a theory about this. During election years, candidates on both sides don't want to waste their campaigns by trying to cater to the 18-35 white people, who have the lowest voting percentages. They take care of this group by offering very simple things such as lower gas prices to lessen their drive to want to vote, letting the candidates focus their attention on campaigning for the elderly and minority groups. He said that this was why Clinton was so popular when it came time for elections. He was one of the first to actually pander to the young non voters.

I have also noticed every election year gas prices go down. It is like clockwork, never fails. Lotto is totally fixed, when a Congressman wins lotto 3 times that is a pretty clear sign.

If you remember gas was $2 when Obama took office. He has publicly stated that he wants $4 gas. It's only come down 40 or 50 cents. I doubt it will get to $3 before the election.

The president doesn't control gas prices though. The biggest thing he can do is block drilling and pipelines like he is doing now. His policies can effect it some, but even the US oil companies don't control it that much. It's a global market and US oil companies are small players now.

4 Dollars a Gallon would be the deal of the day. Heck, i'd settle for 6 even...

Hello to All,

Here in the UK we pay the equivalent of ca 8.50 USD for a US gallons worth (1.33 GBP a litre)

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Originally Posted by PhatMan

Hello to All,

Here in the UK we pay the equivalent of ca 8.50 USD for a US gallons worth (1.33 GBP a litre)

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

How much of that is taxes? Here the government makes more off a gallon of gas than the oil company does.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

How much of that is taxes? Here the government makes more off a gallon of gas than the oil company does.

That is definitely the case most places around the world.
Even here in Norway, where we pump oil like crazy, the pump price consists of about 60-70% taxes.
Fun, ain't it

In honesty though, I don't mind the taxes on fuel, roads and infrastructure costs money, and the taxes helps to pay for that.

Originally Posted by Birnando

That is definitely the case most places around the world.
Even here in Norway, where we pump oil like crazy, the pump price consists of about 60-70% taxes.
Fun, ain't it

In honesty though, I don't mind the taxes on fuel, roads and infrastructure costs money, and the taxes helps to pay for that.

I don't mind taxes for infrastructure either. What I do mind is that it's never enough. They come at us for more income taxes to add to the oil taxes and at the same time blame the oil companies for the high price of gas. Every time prices go up the government attacks "big oil", forces the managers to sit in front of a committee to prove that they aren't price gouging while filling their coffers with gas tax money.