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Date:         Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:19:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Price Gouging - Again - It jumped nearly $1 locally here
              withing in just a few hours.
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <48CAE236.7060402@charter.net> (John Rodgers's message of "Fri\,
              12 Sep 2008 16\:42\:14 -0500")
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John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> writes:


> It's a rip, and ought to be stopped - at least until the next round of
> fuel tanker deliveries. The fuel in the ground was  purchased at prices
> based on sales calculated around $3.50 to $3.60 per gallon. There is no
> justification for this except greed, pure and simple.


Do you feel the same when the mutual fund shares you bought for $X per
share are now worth X + 10?


Gasoline is a commodity.  Prices change all the time.  What someone paid for it
last week has nothing to do with it.


Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL
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