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Originally posted by atholon
Yay! 
I think we should do the same.
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Isn't that what I just said?
You need to take economics. Businesses will only charge what they can charge without causing business to drop. They know people will continue to pay these prices, thus, they keep prices high. If people quit paying these prices (in other words, demand drops), the supply will go up. To counter this, the companies will drop prices to the point that people begin buying gas at a normal rate. The demand for gas is just as strong as it was two years ago, so prices continue to rise.
Don't throw around greed like it's a bad thing. I could turn it around on you: you greedy person, you aren't willing to pay the price to fill up your car. The oil companies will have to lay off people because they don't have enough money to pay them, and families are going to go hungry. Remember, oil companies aren't just CEO's- they have to have little people running the place.
The businessmen of America aren't evil. They're rich because they understand how the system works and worked the system. These men provide jobs and are the economy of this nation.