Gas prices are starting to go back up as of earlier this week. Did America electing the Democrats do this?
2006-11-10 16:12:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm not some paranoid nut, i've just noticed that they started going up as soon as the democrats got a majority.
2006-11-10 16:18:13 · update #1
You expected otherwise? The drop in prices was a ploy by the oil companies to help get Repubs elected. Now that the election is over and the prices are going back up, look for them to hit $3 a gallon by Christmas. Merry Christmas from the big oil companies. And besides that, they need to make more money.
2006-11-10 16:16:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
You know, I've read a lot of banter about how evil Bernie Sanders is after being elected in Vermont... We all knew it, but he came out and said it during his debate. The whole reason the prices were lower was to make the Republicans look like they had done something for the people - they made the prices go down... he also said that as soon as the elections were over that we could all watch the gas prices skyrocket again. I knew it would happen and after seeing the gas prices jump 10 cents yesterday alone, he's proven it to be true.
Democrats don't actually take over until January. Hopefully then they can do something to stop companies like Exxon/Mobil from gaining more billions...
2006-11-11 23:55:29 · answer #2 · answered by lovesamystery32 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has nothing to do with that... yet.
The annual rise in gas prices at this time reflects a change to winter blends and an increase in production of heating oil.
No need to get all irrational like the Dems are about gas prices. There are rational and logical explanations for the seasonal price fluctuations.
Now, if Dingell and the Dems ever get their idiotic energy and environmental policies implemented, then we might start seeing European-level gas prices. And shortages.
2006-11-10 16:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a 9% approval score, i think of people are properly conscious of the shortcommings of the democrats in congress. The longer this is going on, the greater their rankings will drop. by ability of fall they could be in the minus column. Do they then anticipate the electorate to place greater democrats into place of work? they might in basic terms blame lots on Bush. Bush's approval score is approximately regularly occurring for a sitting president on the tip of his term. The approval score of congress is the backside any congressional group has ever had. that declares alot for pelosi's management-consistent with hazard she must be bumped off as speaker.
2016-10-21 21:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last chance for Big Oil to profit on the paranoia driven presidency. Notice how pharmaceutical stocks dropped. Bush's friends are seeing the "Winter of Our discontents" coming, and they know the orgy of abuse is ending. From now on every time a storm blows by or a militant regime makes a threat the price of oil will rise. Maybe our friends in Mexico will cut prices on crude...yeah right.
2006-11-10 16:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by shapsjo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the election is over. They would have gone up no matter who won what. I would be willing to bet that they will go down around the time everyone gets sworn in. January-- right?
There are certain times that the gas prices almost always go up and down. When we have a holiday weekend, they go up. Gets close to election, they go down.
2006-11-10 18:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by ntm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were going to rise after the election no matter what. The oil companies tried to keep their corrupt GOP buddies in power by slashing the prices a month before the election, but the elections over, so they have no reason not to jack them back up to the moon....
2006-11-10 16:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by truth be told 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It will take Time for the Democrats to clean the mess left behind by the Minority Republican Christian Right.
Democrats have already improved America
2006-11-10 16:18:34 · answer #8 · answered by ast5792 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
You must of missed CSPAN when the repubs refused to swear in the oil companies CEO's under oath during a spoof repub oversight
2006-11-10 16:18:15 · answer #9 · answered by AD 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
OPEC announced in early October that they would be cutting production at the end of the month so I wasn't surprised with the increase.
2006-11-10 16:17:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋