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From: yak@inbox.com
On 6/6/2024 2:40 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
> Yak wrote in news:v3sesl$1ggj0$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 6/5/2024 7:24 AM, NoBody wrote:
>>> On Fri, 31 May 2024 21:05:03 -0500, Ubiquitous
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Californiaā€™s new gasoline price gouging law will end up raising
>>>> prices at the pump for everyday Americans and could even limit the
>>>> stateā€™s energy supply, critics say.
>>>>
>>>> Gas prices in California have already topped $5 a gallon this year
>>>> due, in large part, to the stateā€™s high taxes and tough
>>>> regulations on the industry.
>>>>
>>>> However, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom blames his stateā€™s
>>>> expensive gas on greedy oil companies.
>>>
>>> Standard lib fair and excuses.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The governor wants to cap the profits of gasoline producers,
>>
>> But it won't cap its tax, which currently sits at $0.57.9/gal, to be
>> raised to $0.59.6 on 7/1. And they accuse producers of gouging.
>
>
> And the producers will be gouging
> in spades once Trump gets in office
They will?
> Trump is meeting with oil company CEOs
> to raise gas prices
> APRIL 3, 2020
>
> On Thursday, Trump tweeted that he had
> spoken with the leaders of Saudi Arabia
> and Russia — whose price war combined
> with a sharp drop in demand due to the
> coronavirus pandemic to tank oil prices —
> and expected them to cut production,
> which "will be GREAT for the oil and gas
> industry!" Indeed, oil prices shot up
> after Trump's tweet and continued
> rising early Friday.
>
> But higher oil prices mean higher gas
> prices for consumers, as CNN political
> analyst Joe Lockhart noted.
>
> https://tinyurl.com/yhhduwyn
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