The Free Market, price of gas, class warfare or socialism?

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

In fairness, the supply of gas to the public in a safe, uniform manner does involve some considerable expense by the government.

I didn't realize the federal government was supplying gas to the public. I thought that, you know, the companies that discovered, extracted, transported, refined, and again transported fuel products were the ones that took that risk.

A better response would have been:

"In fairness, nearly all gasoline taxes are used to pay for highway improvements, so we are actually getting a decent bang for our buck for THESE tax dollars."