Stacey,
thanks for the price gouging initiative; be damned the free market!
Gary
The call to look into price gouging was done by Dave Garrett Jr. he did the work and deserves the credit.
Thank you, yes, damn the free market Gary. Damn asking that the government look out for the consumers.
"I expect that no one will try to capitalize on the effects of these storms at the expense of tennesseans, who are already struggling with high gas prices."
Governor Bredesen
He's absolutely right, because businesses will never try to make an extra buck on us when they can. I forgot to thank the governor for sharing his expectations with me.
Thank you Phil. I expect that the government would share the progress of an investigation with its citizens rather than keeping mum on this situation until people eventually forget.
And I thank Pilot for sharing their opinion that the prices of gas were over $5 in Chicago when they hit $5 here. Because whenever I buy something, I think of how much more it would cost if I lived in Chicago.
But sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me and I call family and friends in Chicago and ask, hey, how much is it by you? And they say, holys--t, its nothing like that up here. You guys are getting screwed.
But hey, supply and demand right? The demand for gasoline was so much higher in Knoxville than anywhere else in the entire SOUTHEAST as well as the rest of the country.
But hey, mock Campfield for doing something that his constituents asked him to do. He should have just brushed me aside like Tim Burchett did. No, no, no. Can't go against Pilot, they contribute to my campaign.
And then, instead of hearing from Cooper. We hear from Jim Haslam finally. And instead of his usual, I have no idea what's going on and "we're selling gas at below cost."
He knew exactly what was going on and implies that gas prices were skyrocketing all around us and even said they made a small profit. You have to work very hard to make a profit when you're losing money. Trust me on this.
Great talking to you Gary!
Well stated David---I think you got the gist of my post. Gov't oversight of business is liberalism and thankfully The Rep ran with it. Liberalism can work and The Rep embraced it.
Gary played me like a fiddle . . . I don't think Stacey was embracing liberalism though, but democracy. He was hearing the voice of the people and responding to it regardless of his own personal views on the issue.
The day Stacey becomes a liberal is the day I become a conservative. And if that day happens we're all screwed.
Hey Campfield, the Bill Gates quote is incorrect. He has never said that. Please stop spreading what is essentially at this point a lie. Not to say I'm a fan of Mr. Gates, I just like a bit of accuracy in my quotes.
Also, to those who posted above: Feck off. The government has no right to interfere in matters of private enterprise.
Don't believe me? Read the U.S. Constitution.
Feck off? LOL. If you're going to sensor yourself at least write F--k.
"The government has no right to interfere in matters of private enterprise."
And look what is happening now . . .
yes, what is happening now is a result of horrible fiscal policy since the Great Depression.
Don't bail out AIG, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. They made bad business decisions, let them go out of business.
Don't bail out those consumers who made bad financial decisions, they ruined their own lives. If I want to help them I should have that choice instead of having socialistic policies shoved down my throat.
If you don't like the Constitution, move elsewhere. It is among the greatest legal documents in history.
I agree. What are we disagreeing about?
Free Market enterprise e.g. let Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and AIG all fall flat on their faces as well as all those homeowners who entered into those high risk loans in the first place. They should have known better.
Also, I find it retarded that the housing market is the only one where people want to pay more (both in cost of ownership and in taxes). Personally I want my home (and taxes) to be as low as possible. I don't see the home as a source of income but as a source of shelter.
I agree with you Joe. On a personal note: I have a lot of credit card debt. Very bad in fact that I've been paying on one thing for 2 years now and all it is doing is paying the interest because they raised the rates on me, very high.
When I signed, at the current rate, I could have paid it off a year ago, but they kept raising the rate and now I am almost going bankrupt.
Another thing about credit cards is they gave me a certain limit. I have a great credit score, but they gave me a low limit due to my income. However, every few months they would raise my limit and with gas prices rising I would use credit for gasoline purchases just so I could keep working.
And now, it is very difficult for me to pay them off with the rising interest rates.
They are to blame as well. I'll admit I am a sucker for spending more when they raised my limit, but they know people will spend more when they lend more. I believe credit card companies are taking advantage of their consumers.
I do agree with you on homeowners though, but I cannot really do that considering I rent and do not own.
That's the problem with a debt-dependent currency. We wouldn't be having this problem over the long term if we were still on a precious metal standard. Now we are so far gone I'm not sure if we can ever get back to that point, and to think it's taken less then 60 years.
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