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Subject:Re: Fuel Price Gouging - Again - It jumped nearly $1 locally here withing in just a few hours.
From:Allan Streib
Date:Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:19:53 -0400

John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> writes:

> It's a rip, and ought to be stopped - at least until the next round of
> fuel tanker deliveries. The fuel in the ground was  purchased at prices
> based on sales calculated around $3.50 to $3.60 per gallon. There is no
> justification for this except greed, pure and simple.

Do you feel the same when the mutual fund shares you bought for $X per
share are now worth X + 10?

Gasoline is a commodity.  Prices change all the time.  What someone paid for it
last week has nothing to do with it.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL