Correct, it was just easier to state it that way.

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Elminate all taxes on income and replace with a national sales tax.

I'll plead guilty every time to pedantry. But then I like to be careful with words, probably a bit overly careful given I know words are weapons.

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Whether gouging or gouching or just plain price fixing and manipulation of the market, the disproportionate gas prices in relation to the per barrel costs is the root cause of the mortgage industry failure. Just like the electricity supply was manipulated, some greedy oil company has figured out how to impact gas availability and price. At some point, when we get someone willing to address the real issues in a position of authority; we will probably see some greedy suits end up in prison. In our life times, we will see the same thing happen with another precious commodity water. The bottled cost has already exceeded the price of gas, and when some greedy individual making a contributions to political officials or their PACs will figure out how to influence the water market and push prices through the ceiling again.

It may not be gouging, but there is something very illegal going on, and others with the authority to intervene have decided to convenient look the other way. We are paying billions to fight a battle in Iraq and we cannot negotiate a price for oil that justifies our loses and the free society that we are trying to create in Iraq.

And people like Steve Ox just need to get a life because the profanity and bigotry that laces is intelligent comments are disheartening!

Nice. Succinct and to the point.

But you didn't saying worthy of a excrement.

Umm, Steveox has been banned for like a year. Why'd you dredge up this old thread?

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