Amazing Ignorance of the American gas consumer (a rant in c minor)

**Byzantine Mercenary** · 04-27-2006, 17:02

''gas'' in britain is even more expensive, with loads more tax, you guys are lucky!
as something runs out, its gonna get more expensive!

**drone** · 04-27-2006, 17:14

Like this is going to help:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/...ate/index.html

I can't believe that someone would actually propose sending $100 to every taxpayer for "gas" relief. What, the national debt not big enough already? Besides, $100 is just enough to fill up an H2 Hummer, what about next week?

Oh yeah, almost forgot. It's soon to be election time....

**solypsist** · 04-27-2006, 17:18

whoa that's some post. paragraphs?

**Devastatin Dave** · 04-27-2006, 17:39

Originally Posted by solypsist

whoa that's some post. paragraphs?

Edited just for you my little sugar nipple...

**Tribesman** · 04-27-2006, 17:50

But I'm sure most of you disagree with me since most of you have been brainwashed enough to believe that the government is taxing the living #### out of us all for the betterment of society. Just pop your mouth of the government tit for 5 minutes and try to understand that this is the biggest scam that the government has ever thrown at the American people since social(ist) security.

Errrr....Dave , wasn't you sucking at the government tit for most of your working life or do you think that your nice blue uniform and exotic holiday in S.Korea was paid for by something other than taxes ?

**Devastatin Dave** · 04-27-2006, 18:02

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Errrr....Dave , wasn't you sucking at the government tit for most of your working life or do you think that your nice blue uniform and exotic holiday in S.Korea was paid for by something other than taxes ?

Well if you are comparing my service to the country for a low wage, being deployed away from my family for a year and being honorably discharge after ten years of providing security for my country to some parasite that doesn't work, breeds little parasites, drinks 40's all day, does drugs, and blames everyone else for not being responsible, then I'm guilty as charged for "sucking off the tit" of the government. Of course in your world, someone that actually works doesn't deserve any consideration compared to worthless ####s that don't do #### while recieving a check. Thanks for the insult. How about responding to the topic on hand than being your usual trolling self.

**JAG** · 04-27-2006, 18:45

If there was more tax put on gas over there you might actually get it into your heads that it isn't good to buy the biggest piece of metal, you call a car, and drive everywhere when a five minute walk would do and fill up the car to the brink everyday. More tax not less is needed, it might help you guys get your head out of the proverbial and do something about your insane usage of oil.

And you're defending the oil companies? HA! They make more money at everyones expense - and are the most selfish companies around - than anyone else. Dave what have they ever done for you except rip you and every worker in this world off? It is people like you Dave which cause us all to get screwed over, day after day, yet do nothing about it, people like you are the biggest fools on the planet.

**Tribesman** · 04-27-2006, 18:51

How about responding to the topic on hand than being your usual trolling self.
So Dave , you don't like tax , you don't like the government wasting tax money , and you don't like the government giving out bullshit .
Welcome to the world .

This is Bush's fault and everyone under him.
Welcome to the real world

**A.Saturnus** · 04-29-2006, 20:30

Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave

Well if you are comparing my service to the country for a low wage, being deployed away from my family for a year and being honorably discharge after ten years of providing security for my country to some parasite that doesn't work, breeds little parasites, drinks 40's all day, does drugs, and blames everyone else for not being responsible, then I'm guilty as charged for "sucking off the tit" of the government. Of course in your world, someone that actually works doesn't deserve any consideration compared to worthless ####s that don't do #### while recieving a check.

Sorry for being off topic, but in your heart you're nothing but a hippy, Dave. You say that you were deployed away from your family for a year for a low wage to serve your country, but the truth is that you were deployed away from your family for a year for a low wage to keep South-Koreans from getting killed by commies. The American interests in there are minimal, all what is at stake are some Asians and a mediocre market. From a hardcore American isolationist perspective that's not worth the effort. A true isolationist would say that your humanitarian, "save the world", peace-keeping mission in some oversea country is nothing but a huge waste of American tax-payers' money.
But I think we can be glad that idealistic, peace-loving hippies like you are still around.

**Csargo** · 04-27-2006, 21:47

Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave

Edited just for you my little sugar nipple...

Umm.............ok I'm officially freaked out now.

**drone** · 04-27-2006, 17:40

Probably the smartest thing Bush has said: "We are addicted to oil". Shame it took him 5 years to realize it. We can't blame the oil companies, they are just satisfying our demand. We can't blame the automakers, we won't buy small cars. All we can do is blame ourselves for our own shortsighted, indulgent behaviour.

The tax here in the US is nothing like what you Euros pay. When the actual cost of gas goes up, we tend to feel it more since tax is a smaller percentage of the overall price at the pump.