The price of a gallon of gasoline has risen for the past 34 days in a row as we Americans are being fleeced for the last few dollars we have left in our pockets. It wasn’t that many years ago when the increase in gasoline prices was put forth as being in direct correlation with supply and demand. When it finally reached the point that we Americans cut back on our gas consumption because we literally could not afford it anymore, the criminal oil cartels realized they had us right where they wanted us.
Back in the 70s, when this brand of extortion was first tried, American nationals quickly became fed up with the situation and started ripping pumps out of the ground in the middle of the night and the gouging stopped forthwith. But that was back before we became civilized, or rather, institutionalized into the system. I mean to attack the poor fellow that owns the gas station would just be the wrong thing to do. Continue reading “Gas Price Gouging has become the Status Quo”