Who was the president who deregulated the gas companies so they can raise the prices any way they can?
448723
I don't know who, but he needs to go hunting with the Vice Pres.  I am doing everything I can to save gas - run with little to no a/c, I only live about 20 min from work, I drive the speed limit, I combine all of my trips when possible, shop for cheaper prices, everything.  But $3 a gallon is going to break me this summer.
553164
Finally someone who gets it. Republican party is the big corporation party. Their constituency is big business at the expense of the rest of us. With the huge profits the oil companies make it seems senseless to pay them subsidies. The man in white house is a Texas man, the big oil state and people wonder why gas prices are rising as they are.
546009
It's all deregulation and Capitalism at it's finest. The oil companies are realigning into monopoly's again. This is a crime to fair competition; because there is no competition. This always happens with a majority Republican rule, it's their view on politics. There is no trickle down theory with forced inflation's on Americans.
828657
Since before the elections I was saying that prices went down because of the elections and that they will find whatever excuse to bring it back up, but most of the savy idiots of yahoo answer were saying that it was because it was winter time and people did not travel as much. If people cannot decipher such obvious tactics to acquire votes how in the hell can they ever figure out much complex lies about unscrupulous politicians that are desperately trying to get their votes, I see now how America got to this infernal state it is because the voting citizens are not sharp and smart enough and will swallow any waste that the goverment will feed them, such as big oil companies will raise up the gas prices due to the anticipated deficit of the democratic party, we are pathetic.
478283
Uncle Moneybags.\n\nOh, wait, that's Monopoly. The correct answer: Abraham Lincoln.
806984
I believe the Bush administration Is the cause for the increase in gas prices. Do you remember when the Vice President had a secret meeting with the oil big wigs? This meeting was so hush-hush the president went to the supreme court to have the minutes sealed. soon after gas prices went through the roof. The Bush started the war in Iran. We had Gulf coast storms. There were a lot of factors but mainly it is greed by the oil companies. Oil companies will site market conditions as the reason for gas prices increasing. What they wont tell you is that they caused those conditions. ask them why did they close oil refineries down in Calif. and not build new ones?
491113
There is none, if inflation had followed suit with everything else clothes, food, building supplies etc.It would be over 3 dollars a gallon.The problem is people actually give idiots like micheal moore and al fraken credibility, its uncanny!!!!They have both been proven to be liars.One of the biggest reasons gas prices increase is simply speculative theory!! we went to war for humanitarian reasons, those people want us there they were under dictatorship. clinton sent soliders into Bosnia in 98 and knowone had a problem with that, it was for humanitarian reasons or so we thought.The real problem a lot of people have with this is the time its taking but you cant put a time frame on something like this.
552937
HAHAHAHA... would Bush be the manager... the business would tank and he would give false profit reports in order to drive up the stock while he cashed in before the collapse... in other words... McEnron
479376
No.  The 80's gas shortage was caused by the Presidential order by President Carter to ration gas.  When the free market was tampered with it got screwed up because people panicked and tried to stock up on gas.  Look what happens here very carefully.  When the hurricane hit LA last year, gas prices in that area rose sharply.  Gas in the New Orleans area was selling at a premium price.  Now, if you were a gasoline dealer, and you could sell your truck of fuel in Texas for say 3000 dollars, or in New Orleans for 5000 dollars where would you sell it?  If you said New Orleans, go to the head of the class.  The price has the job of regulating consumption.  In this instance, it sent the fuel to the area it was needed most, that is the highest bidder.  Subsequently, prices rose in other areas as a result of this, and people react by buying less fuel, which increases supply, then prices come back down again.  Also, you have developing countries using gasoline at rates never before seen.  We also have a government that restricts oil exploration.  Mexico can drill for oil in the gulf of Mexico, but the USA can't, because a few special interest groups say it would be bad for the environment.  You can thank many of those groups for a good bit of the high cost.  The best thing you can do to lower prices is not buy any gas.
304853
I think in the next election a Democrat will get in because everyone is over the lies, war, and over spending.  If anyone remembers, when Clinton was in office gas was at .77 cents per gallon - today its 2.73 a gallon at the cheap gas station.  Bush has not done anything to help this country and has only driven up the debt and broken ties with other countries by going to war, based on lies.
33196
Texas oil's pipelines owners!!!\nOhhh forgot to add...represented by G.W. Bush
773243
Yes, I noticed that too.  Funny, I thought that the Democrats were going to help the common people and force the gas price below $1.50 a gallon.\n\nOh, right, wrong party.  The Democrats allowed Exxon and Mobile to merge back together, and allowed Amoco and BP to merge!  \n\nSilly me, I thought the Republicans were the party of Big Business!
319504
the president has vary little to do with gas prices.\n\nLets look at a few things:\nrecord usage levels world wide\nUS refineries damaged, destroyed by hurricanes\nno, or almost no new refineries opened in the us in years\nlower world supply of oil\n\nhow is he responsible for any of that? or do you believe he has a hurricane maker? lol
550116
yes and no\n\nyes = he owns a lot of things to do with oil so i think     higher oil prices more money in his pocket...there are also people in his administration also have a lot of stock and thing in the oil company\n\nno = make him look bad with how much he is making the people suffer in he contry with a war that is not going anywhere!
885868
According to the documentary "The Smarted Guys In The Room", Enron took advantage of California's electricity deregulation laws to help make an electricity shortage worse (it intentionally ordered the power plants it owned to falsely report breakdowns and stop producing power) in order to jack up the price of electricity and thereby jack up its profits.  The floor traders at Enron were laughing about how much they were able to charge this way.
353979
It is funny how people complain about the price of gas and then complain when the Pres. tries to do something to lower that cost. Lets here some solutions from the people who grip about everything he attempts to deal with. I have yet to hear a plan that is logical from anyone. Alternative fuels ,yes but where are the people at that are willing to fund the development of these fuels? The president can not force companies to make a new fuel source as that would not be free enterprise. Do you think the oil companies who's profits are way up are really going to work hard to come up with other sources? I would love for the US to go to ethanol but someone with more money than me will have to set up the refineries. This solution he is giving is not enough and I will agree with you there but it will take more than the Pres to fix this problem. I will be honest and say that I could do more to help like take public transportation, quit driving my truck, stop letting the grocery store us plastic bags for my purchases but I like these things. We need to Stop playing the blame game.
652235
Gas prices have nothing to do with a president.  Check the prices in the rest of the world.  You would blame who ever is in office.