Gas Prices JUMPED $.08 in 24 Hours

[Chris]

Have you ever been on a Turnpike? Those are privately owned roads. They are very nice.

I have been on toll roads/turnpike. They are nice. They are not exclusively private. In fact I have never been on a private toll road, to my knowledge. The toll is a usage tax.

I'm not stating that roads should be privately operated. But a single oil company can make a gross profit in excess of 30billion with an average profit margin of 8% or so. Yet the government doesn't have to look for the oil nor put any effort into refining and making it ready for the road. And makes more money off of it than the oil company. Where is excess profits from the government? Where are the investigations? Show Me The Money!!!! And it doesn't (Or shouldn't. You never know with government) cost us 30billion plus to upkeep our roads a year.

Also. How are those offshore oil rigs coming in Florida to help ease the gas crunch?

Yes buying in bulk can save money. But a private company is going to buy just enough equipment to do the work while the government is going to buy extra. Which costs more money. That was explained by Carl Marx.

Industry is not automatically more efficient because it is private. Typically large corporations also suffer from inefficient bureaucracy as well. That is not to say that the government is never inefficient. I'm just saying the root problem is not from being government run. Poor management can occur publicly and privately.

I don't enjoy the gas prices either. But I'm not going to steal it from someone else. Wether it is from siphoning it out of a gas tank. Or wether it is through the barrel of a gun via the government.

I am not seeing the connection between taxes and theft. When you pay taxes, you get something back. Usually it's a better deal than you could have gotten on your own. When you get robbed, you just lose your stuff. I see a pretty big difference there.