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rushdoggie 02-23-2011 11:33 PM


Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I'm glad the people of these countries know it's worth standing up for their rights to live free and have the courage to know they have the power to do so in sheer numbers. The Chinese are wising up fast about getting higher pay for the labor jobs that they use to do for pennies. Dictators and corrupt leaders can't keep knowledge away from the people like they could before. Everyone deserves the opportunity to have choices to better themselves.

Agreed, but the only reason the gas prices are up is because speculators are thinking there *might* be a shortage and of course the gas companies are not willing to make any less than the current record profits they make, so it trickles down to us.

They have us over a barrel, and they know it.

miss_ticky2 02-23-2011 11:59 PM

Here in Australia where I live we're paying about $1.40AU a litre...that equates to about $5.29 AU a gallon. Our $ for $ is about the same I think, at the moment

cjtinkle 02-24-2011 12:33 AM

Maybe it's time for us to rethink our tricycle days... don't they make adult versions with great big baskest on them for shopping? LOL

sandilee 02-24-2011 12:52 AM

It was $3.15 here so far. We live very close to a refinery, but I guess that doesn't matter

The oil companys use this crisis to enable them to get richer!

Painiacs 02-24-2011 02:18 AM

Wow. Better stock up on everything! ALL prices are going up! Clothes. Food. Pet supplies fabric!!

rutthy 02-24-2011 02:25 AM

The price for our gas is £5.00 per gallon and rising all the time

Lacelady 02-24-2011 03:51 AM

We have a lot of tax added to our gas prices here in Ireland, as does the UK. We are about to nudge up to €7.00 per gallon, which is about $9.65 a gallon.

I would trade your prices any day.

nana katie 02-24-2011 04:20 AM

I sure haven't seen an increase in our SS checks.

noveltyjunkie 02-24-2011 04:24 AM


Originally Posted by miss_ticky2
Here in Australia where I live we're paying about $1.40AU a litre...that equates to about $5.29 AU a gallon. Our $ for $ is about the same I think, at the moment

Thanks for doing that conversion for me- I was struggling with gallon/litre proportions!

And lets not forget the the lion's share of theprice of fuel is....
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TAXES!

hobo2000 02-24-2011 04:58 AM

WTOP our top radio station just said it will rise by $.30 by Saturday. This is due to the unstability. In the Mideast and north Africa. People are buying into oil and forcing the prices up.


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