Okay, I admit it I am an IDIOT! I slide the figures the wrong way and got the wrong answer. My bad.
But can we all agree that the price of gas should be lower than what it is in the UAE? In the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia the price is around 55 cents a gallon.
Let's not start comparing the US with the island continent of Australlia. First of all our cars are not "ridiculously big". They fit our families very nicely because after all most of us Americans are obese.
The government does not market interference. Sure they do not like high gas prices but there is very little they can do about it besides lowering the tax on a gallon of gas.
Also if you take into account that Dubai is a tax free Emirate and the US taxes its gas depending on the state about 60-85 cents a gallon the US is way cheaper. I know it is what you are paying for the gas that matters not how much the government is getting in the end but if you take into account what I just metioned the US is cheaper for gas. Without taxes in Florida the price for a gallon of gas would be around $1.60.
Secondly the US government would never allow the gas prices to go as high as Europe or Australlia because they don't tax the heck out of fuel. You socialists know better than I do but gas has about 75-85% tax on it which is just criminal.
If you like the one price fits all you would have been better off living in a diffferent era, mainly the Soviet era were they told you the price and you paid it. Give me capitalism and competition anyday even with all of its faults.
I am off to math class now. If I had a brain most of you know I would not be a pilot.
Last edited by gl69; 9th December 2005 at 18:57.