With the Gas prices so High right now

As long as Bush is President, I think things will continue to be the same or get worse with the cost of gas and everything else. It is ridiculous how the gas prices keep going up but as long as we are in the Middle East I think we will not see much of a change in prices. Hopefully Congress can do something about getting our troops home, which hopefully means lower gas prices. We depend on foreign oil too much and need to start using our own resources to avoid the high gas prices. You are right that buses will get too crowded and people will not be able to afford the higher costs of living.

Since we import oil and also have some of our own oil I am not sure why we much pay so much when other countries subsidize their citizens gasoline/petrol/fuel. The CEO's have huge portfolios that enable them to live like king's while the rest of us struggle to get fuel to power our cars to go to work, school, volunteer, function in business. Something is definitely wrong in this land of plenty where we struggle to live a day to day life. We can hope and petition etc., Good luck to us all.

Well I do not live in America, but it is not right what our politians are doing in regards to the funds and so much money goign into the War in Iraq, as this is also happening in my country Australia as well. Oh my goodness that is very expensive gas prices ours has not reached that level as yet and I hope to goodness that it does not although it is very expensive. Our buses and trains are already jammed packed due to this and I hope that this does not continue to rise. Oh yes our food prices have already gone up quite a lot.

yea definately it can be ...here is india also the gas prizes are going high , i donno how much is one gallon but here for a liter we pay arround 54 Rs. thats 1.2 $ and the countries like THiland, irak , afganistan they pay arround only 19 rs. thats 42 cents per liter........the developed or devloping are only going to suffer as the need is more ....

You are righ, enough is enough. I am frustrated. I am frustrated with George Bush. I am frustrated with Gas prices. I am frustrated with the friends and family being sent off to war. It's time for a change.

so you know how he thinks? have you seen the stock market lately? what america do you live in? mine is prosperous and always will be the BEST and most DEMOCRATIC nation in the WORLD. if you prefer to spout doomsday predictions at least quit listening to liberal news outlets.

Taskr36 you are so right. Each administration gets to try to clean up the problems that the previous one has ether miss handled or for various reason get out of hand. every one forgets that the government has 3 yes 3 branches to be dealt with. Most of the president’s policies have to be passed by both houses but the blame falls on the presidents shoulders.

Well this is a tough sore subject, but there is no shortage of oil and the only reason the prices are so high is they say"there is construction going on and maintanence on some sites" and they want to be prepared it case they get low, but in all reality I feel this is just a way to help pay for the war in iraQ which is ok in one sense but in another it is at all not fair but we are stuck with these prices and I don't think that they will below2.50 again ever.This is just another way the gov. can stick it too us with us not being able to do anything about it and they are trying to enforce the hybrid cars this way also but there isn't even enough of those made and I wouldn't own one if they paid me...any way that is my opinion..It all boils down we are fixing some other country and ours is going to heck

i don't really want to be debating presidents right now, but boy oh boy, we as americans need to be heard when we see prices at the pumps this high. its has to stop. it not only increases our driving prices, but the whole country suffers because the semis that deliver groceries.. durable goods, they are all passing the buck to the consumer.. so in the end-we are all paying high prices for everything! write to your local and state reps, and complain--alot.. if we don't speak up, nobody is going to care and that is why we have this problem in the first place.

I would rather have my real faith in god anyday. I just dont thnk that pliticians get the right things done for the working people. It almost seems they are trying to eliminate the middle class and only have the rich and the poor. I am really dissappointed that they have not protected the econmony and the welfare of all people. We need a miracle but it will only come from god not them.

Your last sentence said it all new president he allowing energy costs to rise to thank the peopel who put him in the the white house and he is goign to be unemployed soon so he need to make so friends to get a great salary from them to help support his family when oil companies make huge profits and they can thank him by hiring him as a front man they are in a win win situation.

The price of petrol is nothing to do with the cost of the war in Iraq. It's simple economics. India and China and the rest of the world want more and more oil, so there is higher demand which equals higher prices. Instability in the Middle East doesn't help oil prices, but then - it's pretty unstable in Venezula and Africa where oil comes from too. It's worth noting that the US still has staggerly cheap pump prices compared to most of the developed world - hence the huge cars driven by so many. If you really want to avoid high gas prices being a burden then lobby for better fuel mileage standards, more investment in alternative energy, and incentives for using non-oil transport. But yes, someone somewhere is indeed getting rich - it's all George's friends. Strange isn't it...? Sadly it will take History to condemn him as the foolish, venal stooge that he is.

I think alot of people are forgetting the way gas prices went up during Clinton's presidency. Before Clinton became president, gas was available for about 90 cents a gallon, less in some places. When his presidency ended we were spending about $2.00 per gallon. In Bush's eight years it's gone from $2.00 to about $2.89. It'll probably be over $3 by the time he's done, but that's no different than the increase that went on under Clinton. It's so easy to pretend like things were so much better before Bush, but people have short memories and history looks so perfect. Gas prices and inflation went up under Clinton, and education did not improve. Clinton didn't even have a war to deal with, just a slu++y intern. I'm not saying Bush is better. I'm just trying to put things in perspective. My next car will have a diesel engine. Diesel engines can run off the leftover oil from a MacDonald's deep fryer. You won't see me at a gas station after that.

I live in Illinois. I am sure this is also true in other states, but we have oil wells in Southern Illinois that are usable, but closed. Why? The same reason this government pays farmers not to grow corn, soy, wheat, etc. etc. etc. To keep the demand higher than the supply, thus, keeping prices up. We are told this is good for the economy. I think it is only good for the people that sell the oil and farmers that supply their product. Look at the price of milk! This is a great country, but flawed. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the middle class, which makes up most of the population, just keep paying and paying and paying. There are those that say quit complaining or leave. We are being unpatriotic. They have lame answers and denials that this country has many problems and no leadership to fix it. There is no quickfix, but at least we sould start heading in the right direction, don't you think? PEACE

I do think it's bush because ever since he's been in office the gas prices have risen. i think bush has gotta go also. can u believe he will not approve a budget that has an exit date for the troops!

I don't think the war has much to do with the price of gas--though the unstable situation in Iraq means that that country isn't producing oil as it could be. But I do think the money spent on the war is preventing research and investment in conservation, alternative fuel sources, credits to citizens for using alternative energy or energy-saving devices, etc.

In 2005, U.S. refineries produced over 90 percent of the gasoline used in the United States. Although the United States is the world’s third largest crude oil producer, less than 35 percent of the crude oil used by U.S. refineries was produced in the United States. Net petroleum imports (imports minus exports) account for 60 percent of our total petroleum consumption. About 50 percent of our petroleum imports are from countries in the Western Hemisphere, with 17 percent from the Persian Gulf, and 19 percent from Africa and 14 percent from other regions. Gas has to go through quite a lot to get to us. From ships that import the petroleum to the refineries in our country that refine the petroleum to storage tanks to tanker, barges or pipelines to the tanker trucks to the gas stations...lots of middle men and expenses from point A to our gas tanks. So...what does the war have to do with this or what does the President have to do with this? He doesn't set the prices of our imports! http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/brochure/gas06/gasoline.htm Here are a few things that do contribute to our gas supply pricing...delays in both scheduled and unscheduled refinery maintenance programs; tight gasoline supplies in Europe, limiting Europe's ability to export significant volumes of surplus gasoline to U.S. markets; strong gasoline demand; and geopolitical tensions in Iran, Nigeria, and Venezuela that, along with OPEC production cuts, may contribute to tightening global gasoline markets. http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip.asp

Yes my dear the same is the problem we are facing hear in India,the gas rates have gone up so high that the people are looking for some alternative. 15 kgs Gas cylinder cost Rs 395/-(8$)appo So,this has become a gr8 problem these days.May our scientist come out with a new technology...

I am not frustrated with how Bush is handling domestic affairs b/c he didn't run on being a domestic God. And given the people he surrounded himself with(cabinet officials), I don't know how people didn't see this coming. By this I mean the state of domestic affairs and some policy changes he is responsible for thus far during his reign.