Subject: Re: [drugwar] (OT) Fw: [Mr_Tracys_Corner] DON'T BUY GAS ON MAY 19TH Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 21:40:00 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong I do hope people realize that the current high gas prices are due , prominently , to our disruption of the Iraqi contribution to the market and concomitant uncertainties , the increasing market in China and India , and expenses and , in the US , scarcities due to new regulations reducing sulfur content and requiring more than a score of regional "boutique" blends . Price controls reduce supply so are impossible to sustain . Richard Nixon was one of the many to prove this in practice . The economics 101 way to lower prices is exactly to reduce consumption , so , more power to any actions in that direction= . And it is exactly why the natural , "invisible hand" of the market automatically provides the feedback to promote conservation of scarce resources - no politicians needed . On Sun, 16 May 2004 15:02:40 -0400, ccadden wrote: >=A0----- Original Message ----- =A0From: berardscar@aol.com >=A0Subject: [Mr_Tracys_Corner] DON'T BUY GAS ON MAY 19TH > >=A0=A0IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED =A0STATES= DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE= SAME TIME, =A0THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES. .... >=A0WAITING ON =A0THIS ADMIINSTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE= PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. =A0WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION= AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS =A0PROMISED TWO WEEKS= AGO? > >=A0REMEMBER =A0ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP= BUT AT THE SAME TIME =A0AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES,= TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO =A0RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH= EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS =A0LIKE FOOD,= CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN= THE =A0END? WE DO! > >=A0WE CAN MAKE =A0A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER= ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN =A0AND AGAIN. --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0For Senator from NY : http://www.silbergerforsenator.org/ =A0=A0WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES INCARCERATE A LARGER PERCENTAGE, AND A LARGER NUMBER, OF ITS CITIZENS THAN ANY OTHER NATION ON= EARTH?=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/05/16 9:22:03 PM