mick
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buttgoat1 wrote on 05/22/10 at 09:23:43:mick wrote on 05/21/10 at 21:53:01:bill67 wrote on 05/21/10 at 17:36:16:So I guess its alright for China to drill close to our coasts but we shouldn't.So we can buy the oil from China like we buy every think else. At least the Chinese will be able to smoke a good cigar. And I did read within the last few days that None of the off shore rigs that produce oil ,sell any to the US, they sell to the highest bidder. Years ago when BP found oil off the north coast of Britain,the people were exstatic thinking that the price of gas would come down ,but it didn't ,sold to the highest bidder ,a gallon of gas in England about $7 or $8 bucks a gallon. not to many people driving V8s there,or sixes come to think about it. gee, i would think they would be happy to pay that much, after all, surely the gubmint knows best how to spend their money... Many Brits are upset with recent gas tax increases which were supported and passed by PM Brown. Protesters hope that the mass demonstration will be the nail in the coffin for his chances of winning. Gas prices have soared in Britain reaching U.S. $1.87 a liter (about $7.06 a gallon) last week. The numbers are a significant increase from a year ago when gas was only $5.55 a gallon. Further upsetting residents, the government pockets a whopping $4.42 from each gallon sold, yet still insists that more taxes are needed. Another government-mandated tax increase is scheduled for this fall followed by one more next winter and, frankly, many people are fed up. http://green.autoblog.com/2010/04/20/taxes-drive-gas-prices-to-over-7-a-gallo... I guess it was a nail in his coffin I never did like Brown he had about as much carisma as a door mat, I lived there from birth 1937 to 1967 when I came here to 30cents a gallon of gas ,the price of gas in London didn't bother most people because we had the best public transportation in the world the longest wait at a bus stop during the day was 4 minutes, same in the subway, at night the wait got longer up to a half hour wait after 2 am. I was a car salesman so I drove what ever car had gas in it, You know it doesn't matter ,if you have a half a brain you can allways figure out a way to do most things without involving the government, you kinda sorta have to live there,and the old adage is spot on,"It's not what you know,it's who"
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