High Gas Prices? Too bad, says Harper.

Prime Minister Harper shows his Calgary oil baron protectionist roots today with his marvelous disengenious claim of government inability to help Canadians with outrageous gas price increases. To wit, since last April, gas has increased 11.6 percent in cost. Harper claimed, "the ability of governments to affect the price of gasoline is so small that it's not worth doing." He further slams the Liberal government for discussing a carbon tax by calling it foolish and unecessary. Anyone who has looked at the gas pump decals showing where your gas dollars go knows full well the government at the provincial and federal levels take a huge cut at the pump. It's interesting to note these decals haven't updated in two years. Perhaps because the phoney 2 percent profit figure the petrol companies give them selves has risen even further? The same scenario played in USA recently with George Bush asking OPEC to raise crude oil production to ease the potential inflationary pressures facing USA. The OPEC cartel politely told Bush to go pound sand. Mind you, George and Poppa Bush are both heavily invested in oil companies.I doubt they want to see a major reduction in price. Remember, it was Bush Senior who met with OPEC in the 1980s to ask for the taps to be turned down as Texas economy was dying from cheap gas. He succeeded and not long after, he campaigned to be the next GOP President. Be careful what you wish for.....
As if that wasn't bad enough. We have to worry about gas stations hosing us more by rigging the meters to under serve your gas tanks. I heard this on the radio last week and thought nothing of it until today when I topped up the 1988 Grand Marquis. I pulled in with 39 liters in the tank, added ten liters according to the gas pump. I pay the man, turn the key on and see the gas gage reading....39 liters. I'm not stupid and the gas gage can't be ten liters off. I'd run empty so many times if that were the case. I brought this up to the attendent who shrugged and commented my gage was innaccurate. Well, we'll see who is innaccurate, pal. I reported your faulty pump to the Consumer Bureau of Fair Trade. don't be surprised if you get a snap inspection on your pumps! I urge you to protect yourself by comparing what the pump says to what your gage reads before and after. Trust no one.