I’m going to hurt the American economy. While I fatten oil companies coffers because I consider fuel a necessity, I’m going to hurt the rest of the economy to, well, be American and think for myself first.
Here’s what I’m going to do:
1) I’m going to eat out as much. There goes money for the food and tips. Sorry, folks. Oil companies want money.
2) I’m going to say home. There goes money for my regular haunts such as Starbucks, the hobby stores, the malls. Sorry, folks. Oil companies want money.
3) I’m going to keep my car until the engine dies. Not the electronics, not the cushions or the paint. No, I’m not going to buy new or even used vehicles until the engine’s dead, kaput, in my car. Salesfolks, you can go home now because it’ll be at least another few years of minimal driving until I’ll even think about y’all. Anyway, it’s for the oil companies who desperately need money.
4) DVDs? I’ll order them on-line instead of driving to Blockbuster. Food? Did you know you can order groceries on-line and have it delivered? Same with books, magazines, just about everything. Sorry, folks. Oil companies want money.
5) Parents? Friends? Hmmm. That’s a toughie. Isn’t there something called webcam…?
6) What suggestions do you have so I can hurt the American economy because oil companies want money?
4 comments so far
Um, what’s your point? Are you accusing oil companies of “price gouging” (whatever that means)? Don’t all businesses want money?
Oil companies don’t set the price of oil. Consumers do, and futures markets do.
You’r probably just bitter that you don’t own any Big Oil stock in your retirement fund, like some of us do. I don’t like high gas prices, but I am getting paid back.
May 9th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Least educated writing on the economics of oil prices and effect of futures markets on oil prices and the opening up of previously marginal reserves. D-
May 10th, 2006 at 1:11 am
re: TheAutoProphet, No ,Wrong , and here comes the lesson. Consumers and Futures markets don’t set the price of oil. Sounds to me you have a BA degree at best,lol. Consumers are at THE BOTTOM and futures are in the middle …
United States National Policy effectively “Sets” the price of oil. Not the oil demand from Sino Asia and India, not the OPEC, not Mr. HC, not popular stationwagons built on frames, not hurricanes, not pseudoantineopostmoderndeconstructionist Muslims and; correct, not ExxonMobil. Guess what: ironically; the aforementioned act as our friends, keeping the unpredictable variables closer to the value K because we can see them coming from miles away.
The inability to set your clock to the amount you transfer to the corner pumpstation on Wednesday vs. Thursday is attributable to the USG. As the POTUS seeks council in prayer(á la peanut farmer Carter) and suffers policy set forth in the Nineties to ravage unchecked, we can shift our attention during this exigency to; say, how the “profiteering oil companies” are driving Americans’ switching from GM to JAPAN INC. on belief of decresed likelihood of unexpected mechanical expenses and lower monthly fuel expenses.
“Oil prices” will live long and prosper.
May 14th, 2006 at 12:01 am
yes I think they are gonna try to take every one.. infact…I bet they are just trying to get there hands in our pockets futher…so we all will be walking….all our cars will be in the drive ways and it will be food or gas….what do you think most moms would pick???
July 12th, 2006 at 7:55 am
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