VetteBlue
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Prices will keep increasing until the dollar gets a lot better.
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cudatim
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REVLAW I agree with you. Predict it and it will be so. We are being conditioned to accept higher prices so of course they will come.!!
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REVLAW
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Are we "driven" by polls? "...consumers may be adjusting somewhat, at least psychologically, to today's much higher gas prices..." per the article. This statement represents a part of the "conditioning of the consumer" and reflects the pshchological ploy of the "self-fulfilling prophecy." The media has long lost its credibility and usefulness as a conduit of information. The media may now well be a part of (or a servant to) the conspiracy. Perhaps while we attack the "right to keep and bear arms," we should also attack the freedoms and protections offered the press.
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nyacoub1
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let's hope it drops by 21%.
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radrunner
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already there
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thomas41546
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Sounds like their goal is to eliminate the middle class
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Dennis783
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This is another story trying to get us use to the idea of $4 gas - so we shrug our shoulders and say oh well when it happens. Sigh.
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Gerund1
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They have been stating this increase for several monthes. I guess more are beginning to accept the increase.
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CatbirdWoman
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I hope not! But it may happen, which is bad, I think.
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Don20
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They did not ask me for a prediction, my vote is lower the price..
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Dr Gas
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Why do they always make the predictions hcome true.
Let's see.....
I think the in the future the price of gas will be under $2.
Let's see if it comes true!
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tbradley1973
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Old news...
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copperhead8
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We'll have to wait and see what happens.
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woos777
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That's just great.
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gotoneros
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Its brutal
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w4kh
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I'll be glad if gas ONLY gets to $3.98/gallon here... I'm think lots worse with "W" still dumbly ignoring the situation and our own "Governator" cutting service to citizens while supporting the illegals... it will be a major miracle if we survive these two
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uglytom
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If we are truly so dopey to ANTICIPATE great increase....you can be sure you will get them and then some!
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tazchic
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Big companies like the gas companies can't understand what us the little people have to go through to be able to afford food, gas and to keep a roof over our heads. If prices keep going up, we aren't going to have much left.
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bluebird1
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If 21%, then you will be likely, the jump in spring & switchover of blending is usually higher than this....let alone any other factors that may make it go up.
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niceguytx
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We need alternatives so we can substitute them.
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sailormon
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How come my retirement account doesn't increase by 21%! ;>)
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bigguy55
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Or around there.
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t4204life
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if gas goes up,most everything else will,just not as much.
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mahenv7
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it might even be underestimated
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RochBear
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If it only were gas, it wouldn't be a hardship - but ALL comodities are up. Especially food.
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s6sputnik
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I noticed
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Rageagainsttm
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i expect someone to flip out and cause touble
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PokerAce
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Expenses up + Salaries Stable (or down) = Financial Hardship
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jjulson
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probably will and maybe even higher
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laddyboy62
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wish my pay went up 21%
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Dale Jr.
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My guess for $4.00/gallon by April 1st won't happen where I live.
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titanfan93
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What else can we think when gas prices continue to increase for no reason other than greed
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Cuzilla
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Prices will fluctuate but the trend is up! Recently, up, up, and away!!!
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flatcoatfun
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Lets all mess with the pollsters and tell them we expect $2 per gallon gas and see if the market responds. I think they are just checking to see how high they can make it go
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Zygnatz
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Truckers on strike against WHO? Oil companies don't care.
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bigg_kuntry614
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I'm already planning one day at wome to work in my own office to save on the fuel bill. Got to be creative.
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gasman50
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And the news is................?
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tags610
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Not if we quit driving.
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McNasties
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INDEPENDENT TRUCKERS ON STRIKE, APRIL 1ST
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KellysDad
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This is old news posted yesterday.
Also, Gallop demonstrates (if their polls are NOT biased) that our confidence in gas pricing is very low.
If public feeling is for prices to increase, contradictory to the Bloomberg article, then prices will probably increase...
Careful how you answer a surveyor.
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Lonewolftx
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The cycle of economics, you have to manage it . . .
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CyanSquirrel
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I'll probably start taking the bus to work if the increase in gas starts affecting OTHER areas of my budget like food and such.
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vascojoe
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As prices have gone up over the past two years we have become somewhat inured to the increases. People will lower their use of oit as the money to purchase it must come from somewhere else in the budget.
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CruisinLinda
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I am trying to average 30 miles of driving per day. At an average 40 mpg (an average of the Corolla and Prius), that is five gallons per week. I am paying about 75 cents per gallon more since last year $3.25 c. $2.50. That costs me $3.75 more per week. I don't like having to pay oil profits, but it is tolerable. If I had to pay it, I'd rather see it go to a tax to fund R & D in renewable energy.
The administration has to let the Saudis charge more for oil because they are buying U.S. debt to fund the war. In 2005 Saudis bought $311 billion of U.S. treasury bonds.
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pandarisuresh
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Very Bad
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amearly
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Americans can also expect a bigger collapse in the economy as everything is being effected by these high prices.
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Carpool, shoe leather, 49cc moped
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gbeech
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Between fuel and health costs, what used to be the lower middle class is now the upper lower class.
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Duke1959
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I'm spending 200.00 a week two adults and 2 kids and my diesel is already at $4.00 a gal
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bug27
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I don't agree with this predicted increase in gasoline prices.
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