I agree,.. I was sort of simplifying it,.. so I didn't have to type as much.
Another beef that I have is that price of gas goes up all at once. most, if not all, other industries work on the premise that they paid X for the product,.. they sell it at X *1.2 ( for example) and when they run out of their product,.. and have to buy at the new price (Y) they then charge Y * 1.2 for instance. Either that, or I'm seriously doing business wrong.
Why is it that all the gas stations raise their price at the same time. Isn't that tank of gas paid for until they have to fill up again next time? Collusion? Naw,.. couldn't be.
And at the same time,.. the Alberta government is pretending to ask us what "we" should do with this multi-BILLION dollar surplus thanks to unprecedented oil prices.... uhm,.. here's an idea,... GIVE IT BACK! This is significantly changing the price of products and services of all kinds.
For instance, I'm a computer person who owns her own company. What do gas prices have to do with my business? Besides the fact that I travel to my clients, and suppliers? My suppliers have to have their stock shipped to them,.. shipping costs have gone up. why? Operating costs are higher,... why? gas prices. In the end,.. my price on parts is higher. I am losing customers, because they don't want to pay the higher rate that I -must- charge to cover my increased costs. With my costs being higher, and income lower, how much disposable income do you think I have to spend at the local businesses around here? Local businesses suffer, because I'm not alone in this.
Gas station owners are complaining that they're not making as much profit because gas is supposedly not the "big ticket item" in the gas stations, chocolate bars, cigarettes, etc are. And people are putting more into their tanks, so buying less "goodies".
I don't travel around on long weekends like I used to, because gas is too expensive. My trips to Jasper for instance are down from 6 - 10 trips a year, to 1. I'm not the only one. This means that the tourism industry in Jasper is going to start suffering. ( if it hasn't already) And since it's their main industry, how do you think they're going to do in the long term?
How do we get anything here? Planes trains and automobiles. All of which live on gas. Everything from groceries to computer services is rising. Don't get me wrong, I understand that inflation is a "necessary evil", but when about 40% of your gas dollar goes to taxes, and the government doesn't know what to do with the money, I think something is messed up.
The problem is,.. what's it going to take for the Alberta/Canadian/World taxpayer to stand up and say
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