Comments on Advance Indiana™: Bauer Wants Carter To Investigate High Gas Prices

I agree with Lori. Any subsidies to the oil compan...

2006-07-29T21:05:00.000-05:00

I agree with Lori. Any subsidies to the oil companies need to be ended immediately.

And, Bauer is just pandering.

Oil companies may not be price gouging but they ar...

2006-07-28T19:27:00.000-05:00

Oil companies may not be price gouging but they are definitely double dipping. They are making record profits off of consumers and over the next 5 yrs they will be handed over 7 billion dollars at the expense of those same consumers (tax payers). These tax breaks and incentives need to go NOW! What if anything can be done about this and why isn't congress talking about removing these incentives?

Bauer's engaging in a bit of demagoguery to be sur...

2006-07-28T15:11:00.000-05:00

Bauer's engaging in a bit of demagoguery to be sure. But Exxon Mobil's ability to rake in $7.6 billion worth of profit in 3 months suggests that the price vastly exceeds the cost of the product. This doesn't meet the definition of price gouging you suggest, but there might be some anti-trust laws implicated.

I think the oil companies are unfairly gouging, or...

2006-07-28T14:19:00.000-05:00

I think the oil companies are unfairly gouging, or, at least, thrilled at the prospect of mass consumer confusion regarding their pricing policies. A little digging wouldn't hurt.

But Pat Bauer is just pandering to potential constituents with this press release.

And if we were really going to send someone in to investigate, I hope to God it'd be someone better than our Attorney Gen.