cekkk
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LR, very reasonable thinking, but must we turn all phases of life over to the government? The Labor Department now wants to regulate when and whether kids can work on their folks' farm! It never ends! The problem is too many government workers with nothing to do. Here's an idea. For every law that is passed on the federal level, 100 active federal employees in the government entity that would enforce that law must be terminated, starting with the most senior employee. And for every law that is repealed, 25 of them could be rehired. Great idea! God, I'm good at this! 
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LindsayRichards
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I too yearn for the good old days of my youth when the government was an after thought and not the number one factor in so many folks lives. I am part of the half that pays federal income taxes. On the RV front, I am taking my first trip today since having my open heart surgery in Dec and going back in to the hospital in Feb. I did manage to fill up my RV while the price was at it's max like I normally do. I'll be burning out the expensive gas and then I'll be left with decision to refill or wait. I have a horrible record of guessing the trends.
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DelCamper
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Glad to see the ticker is up and running. I had a couple of additional stints put in about a month ago in Ft Myers FL.
I remember as a kid the predictions of life in the future. It's far more busy and worry some now.
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LindsayRichards
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I was born in Fort Myers back in the last century. My Dad moved there in 1920. It has changed drastically since I left and I don't even recognize it anymore.
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AO_hitech
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That kind of price hike based solely on someones desperate need should be included in the definition of gouging, and therefore illegal. No new law, just update the definition of gouging.
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cekkk
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I guess the best fuel play for us is to fill our three vehicles when they're at about the half full mark, when they're not on trips. Even then, it's about $75 on two of them and nearly 60 on the Expy.
We spent about $1200 for fuel traveling the 1700 mile round trip to the Phoenix valley this year with me pulling our TT and DW pulling the toys. Ain't right. Ain't necessary.
There's no way to account for prices of gas/diesel. '08, oil 145, gas, $4. '12, oil 100, gas, $4. Searching for reasons online I have run across multiple explanations of how oil prices are reflected in the price of gas. I guess that relationship ends at $100. 
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cekkk
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AO_hitech wrote:That kind of price hike based solely on someones desperate need should be included in the definition of gouging, and therefore illegal. No new law, just update the definition of gouging.
Darned capitlism. That's sure not a problem in socialist countries. They just charge $8 whether you're desparate or not. The more government holds your hand, the tighter its grip.
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dmatt
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Prices have been dropping a penny here or there over the last 3 weeks. Then, for whatever reason our stations went up $.10/gal in 2 days!!!! Now we're back in the $4.27/gal range and we're not even close to the annual Memorial Day gouge fest!!!! 
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AO_hitech
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cekkk wrote:Darned capitalism. That's sure not a problem in socialist countries. They just charge $8 whether you're desperate or not. The more government holds your hand, the tighter its grip.
Yup, should probably get rid of the anti-trust laws too. Patent and copyright stuff too, all just government interference in a free market economy.
A pure free market would work except for one problem, greed.
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cekkk
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Wouldn't balance be something to think about? No one I've heard from suggests there should be no restrictions on businesses. But oppressive, anti-business government, which necessarily depends on those businesses for income, is...Oh, well.
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